Chelsea announced that it will not lower the salary of its players, but will ask them in compensation to continue supporting charities to alleviate the health crisis caused by the coronavirus.
"At this time, the men's first team will not contribute financially to the club and instead the board of directors has directed the team to focus its efforts on continuing to support other charitable causes. As this crisis unfolds, the club will continue to have discussions with the men's first team on financial contributions to club activities, "Chelsea said in a statement.
In addition, the London club stated that it will not fire its full-time workers and that those who did part-time work related to match days will receive their equivalent salary despite the fact that the competition has been suspended.
"The club can confirm that we will not take advantage of the Government's current Coronavirus Employment Retention Plan that runs until June 30. We are not planning any general layoffs or leave for our full-time staff, which continues to receive one hundred percent one hundred of his current salary, "he stressed.
Staff compensated until June 30
"Event workers and game day staff employed by the club are being compensated until June 30 as if the games had been played and we had been operating normally," he added.
Chelsea, currently in fourth place in the Premier League, negotiated with their players a pay cut of around ten percent. Finally, for now, the club has asked its staff to contribute to the fund dedicated to helping the 'National Health Service' in its fight against the coronavirus.
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