// The news comes as the food sector has suffered Omicron induced staff shortages
// Earlier this month, Iceland’s chief executive urged the government to reduce self-isolation period to alleviate staff shortages
Around a quarter of a million private sector workers, including supermarket staff, were self-isolating last month without decent sick pay or any sick pay at all, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed.
An analysis published by the TUC showed between the 13 to 26 December around 267,800 were self-isolating without decent sick pay or any at all.
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