“We need to support incomes.” Labour is calling for a new wage subsidy scheme to protect companies struggling with soaring energy prices. BKNT
this morning, the party’s employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock said the subsidy would protect jobs where companies are at risk.
“When a firm decides that they either need to stop production for a number of weeks or slow down production for a number of weeks, often in this country what happens is that a worker is put on what we call temporary lay-off. “This would be a last resort for employers so it is not a first resort to put employees on short-term working.
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