

Lincolnshire Co-op said in response it had three variations of the furlough scheme: those who have caring responsibilities where those arrangements have broken down, those who are shielding, and those whose work has stopped due to coronavirus.

The union has urged the mutual, which employs about 2,800 staff, to end its “mean-spirited” response to furloughed and self-isolating workers by reinstating the temporarily halted staff discount and giving full pay rather than Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) to those forced to stay at home during lockdown. Lincolnshire Co-op has been accused of putting profits before staff welfare during the coronavirus crisis by shopworkers union Usdaw.

