Elgin players on furlough after sacrificing 20% of wages

Elgin City's staff are now on furlough after the Black and Whites players agreed to sacrifice 20% of their wages until June.
The League 2 club have activated the government's job retention scheme, which allows businesses to claim 80% of an employee's wage up to a monthly cap of £2,500 if they are placed on leave until the end of May.
City's players and staff are now on furlough until the end of May, leaving only one member of staff - company secretary Keiran Carty - still actively working.
City had initially proposed 67% cuts for all staff prior to the job retention scheme, which prompted PFA Scotland to demand the Moray outfit made up the remaining 20% of salaries from the furlough scheme.
Tatters says the players have reneged on the PFA's demand, having acknowledged the club's cashflow concerns during the coronavirus shutdown.
Tatters said: “The government scheme gives the players 80% of their wage. Because we had offered the players a third of their wages, the PFA were of the opinion we should have paid...

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