Coronavirus: Workers describe being hit by job losses and uncertainty
Life in the UK has largely been put on hold, hitting businesses and their employees hard. Many sectors have already seen widespread redundancies, with firms warning thousands more jobs could be wiped out.She has moved back home with her parents in Leeds, after being made redundant from her"dream job" of managing a bar and restaurant in Newcastle, where she has lived for the past eight years.
"I was in the office and they sent a HR person who informed me I have to go home because of the coronavirus," he says. He does contract work, with his current contract due to run out at the end of March. He says there's a"perfect storm" of coronavirus - plus planned changes for self-employed workers - which will make life harder for contractors.
"I've lost £1,200 because of that in wages, which is a lot considering I am a student who is still privately renting for a flat in York I no longer need.'I applied at 7pm and was hired by 10pm'
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