Covid: Sainsbury's asks staff to delay Christmas parties

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Sainsbury's asks staff to delay Christmas parties over Covid Omicron concerns

Sainsbury's has asked workers to postpone their Christmas parties until the new year following the emergence of the Omicron Covid variant.

"Some companies might normally bring hundreds of people in from around the world to a big party, and they may decide, this year, is that sensible given the pandemic and given where we are", he said. Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that even those who have been fully vaccinated must self-isolate if they come into contact with someone who has the Omicron variant of Covid.

The rule was changed on 16 August to allow fully vaccinated people to keep working, but if Omicron proves to be more easily transmissible than other variants it could place more pressure on retailers and other businesses during the busiest time of the year.

 

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BBCPolitics Hope they told them where to go. This can’t be allowed to happen

Can you wait until the main profit season is over, the boss needs a new Yacht.

BS

EmilieS2018 will you? 😄😄🤪🤪

Pfizer criminals and their 'miracle' anticovid pill

In other words have a party in January when you are least needed as it’s the quietest month of the financial year not when it’s the busiest month so we can make as much money as possible….they don’t give a damn about the virus just money

and the sheep will obey

Pretty please delay so we’re as a business can pump even more profit into our CEO’s arse is what they actually mean 🤣

They stopped the staff meal voucher too. Bonus was a extra day's holiday

But they can turn up to work ? People are having Xmas party everyday now. All you care about is your profit line, not the people !!

When to 2026..

😂😂

It is more than evident that the forced-massive application of so-called anticovid vaccines has caused much more harm than health benefits;

Yeah but what about the Ghilane Maxwell trial. Huge public interest but almost no main stream media coverage

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