Everton to pay directly engaged matchday and non-matchday casual workers during coronavirus shutdown

Since this accounts for about 0.01% of the wage bill, and the owner is a billionaire, it would have been pretty evil not to paying them ffs!

But still a good move, Alex. Everything helps, and most of these will be local to the Club in one of the most disadvantaged boroughs in the UK.

In comparison, look at Wren Kitchens – owned by a billionaire family and today sacked most of their workers despite the Govt 80% scheme! Or Sports Direct...

Come on, Alex. Let's give the club a nod of approval. Of course it's the right thing to do, but there are many employers out there who won't be doing it.

I know a couple of casual workers who rely on that little bit extra and they will be breathing a huge sigh of relief. One of them (an avid young blue) doubles up and works over the park on their match days as well. I would like to think Liverpool and the rest of the Premier League clubs are doing the right thing too.

These are worrying times. We would all love to wrap our families in a cloak of immunity, but we can't. Every gesture, no matter how small, is to be acknowledged and appreciated.

It's not just these small gestures that will get us through this. It's the appreciation of them too.

COYB

Move over, Tony Kay:

When football played on during World War One and inflamed a London derby

Another example of the club doing the right thing.

Really proud to be blue at this time, we lead where others followed.Don't know if anybody saw BBC breakfast item on the club this morning, word of warning to Theo and his fitness video from home using tins of beans and soup,hope you haven't been panic buying.

Keith, it showed us in a really good light. Very nice to see us getting some deserved praise.

Saw the BBC Breakfast item. Good work EFC and thanks to BBC for highlighting this. One point of order though. The BBC showed the previous, disliked badge. Not the first time they've done this since we changed it. Even in these times, some things are still muy importante.

The segment on BBC about was nice to see. Good to see us taking the lead again. Lovely dig from Rod saying his neighbours have not had a call from Klopp. :)

I did also see BBC Breakfast, I also saw Michael Keane's fridge that probably cost more than my house! Twas a good feature though.

Hey, I hate to promote other sites but Reddit funny has a real cracker. Type in 'press F for Liverpool' Oh my days. this is a beaut. Watched it three times can't stop laughing

Sir John Mac, stay away too many profanities

That is GOOD, James!

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Be sure to turn the volume on. The audio is what makes it so funny.

When are the multi-millionaire Premier League players going to take a pay cut or pay freeze, like players in Spain, Italy and Germany... oh, and Scotland too?

Are Everton the only Premier League club committed to doing the right thing? I see 3-4 have already kept their playing staff on full pay and stuck it to the working man. It's a disgrace, so whilst we initially thought the club was doing what every club should do without a moment's thought, clearly events have showed otherwise elsewhere.

So DBB and the board, credit where it's due. You've done the right thing here.

This is the right thing for the Club to do. Players gesture next please, Everton in the Community awaits your donation.

Liverpool furloughing staff. Some of those feel let down.

Also, I have reassessed my views on players taking a pay cut. Where is the guarantee from the clubs that they won't just keep the savings? Players do a lot which largely goes unnoticed.

As has been said over the past few days, there are a lot of millionaires and billionaires in this country. Maybe some should cough up their unpaid taxes.

The Echo continues to plug away at the furlough story by linking Everton FC to it, when in reality it's the Catering partners Sodexo who are responsible. Being such a big player, it wasn't likely to listen to DBB and Everton FC regardless – the article got the expected comments from ignorant fans of other clubs.

I know that Soxedo have Ascot as one of its clients, I wonder how many other Premier League clubs use them?

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Jesus, that paper is becoming more of a joke by the day. And as for some of the comments being made?

I'd like to say they are made up, but working and socialising with some of these people, I actually think they are genuine comments!

Down here in Oz, I Just saw on TV how the Premier Lague and various Italian and Spanish clubs are delivering food and PPE parcels to their supporters. Many clubs with their logos were bandied about.

I searched in vain for a mention of Everton In The City or Prince Rupert's Tower. Another opportunity for good publicity on the world stage gone begging?

Despite recent criticism directed at the RS their community work featured prominently.