Britain’s relief package for businesses closed by COVID provides 80% of a furloughed employee’s salary, even if that salary is only minimum wage. Workers at the country’s most popular bookstore chain, most of whom only make minimum wage or a bit more in normal times, are publicly begging the company to top up the government aid. Management says they’d love to, but with all stores closed until god-knows-when, they just can’t. – The Guardian
