Reassurance for security staff at bars and clubs

DOZENS of bar and club security staff have been reassured that their jobs are safe and they will be given financial support during the lockdown.

They were among the first to be forced to stop working when pubs and clubs were forced to shut their doors.

One anonymous employee of Glasgowbased Securigroup, which employs about 60 people in Dundee, welcomed the news.

The worker said: “We haven’t worked for two weeks now. We are on zero hours contracts and paid on a weekly basis.

“We haven’t been paid for around 11 days and guys were beginning to get really worried about how they were going to afford to pay the bills and feed their families.

“However the company has now told us that we should be paid within the week and that we are furloughed.

“This is welcome news and I just hope that the money will be coming soon. For many of the guys this is their only source of income and the money is desperately needed.”

Allan Burnett, t he company’s operations director, said: “Since receiving the Government’s guidance on furlough we have been contacting staff whom we consider may be suitable, prioritising staff who through health or age may carry a higher risk.

“There have also been a number of opportunities arising for security staff whose original posts have gone temporarily and we have been matching staff to those. We have not lost a day or an hour in ensuring the best outcomes we can for our staff at this very challenging time including keeping them updated.”

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