Opinion: Companies are putting the safety of clients over hospitality workers like me

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The snobbery of executives exposing their staff to danger in order to brown-nose their partners and shareholders is depressingly predictable

I had been voluntarily"unfurloughed" to help out with an"open day" for media and contractors to see the exciting new venue. After thorough online training in safe return-to-work practices, and with the prospect of topping up the 80 per cent of my usual wage which I had been fortunate to receive thus far, I jumped at the opportunity to get back behind the bar.

 

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