WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020How bad employers could
spread coronavirus further
NHS staff should be able to self-isolate. But what about contractors? (Getty)
JAMES MOORE
CHIEF BUSINESS COMMENTATOR
Fresh evidence of the problem created by Britain’s – and for that matter the world’s – two-tier workforce
emerged this week. Twitter told employees to work from home. Potentially exposed to the coronavirus?
Need to self-isolate? No problem.
Greggs is in a rather different position. The much loved British bakery chain – at first for its sausage rolls
but now just as much for its vegan offering – has a lot of bricks and mortar retail outlets that obviously
require staff to be on site.