Cutting EWSS is 'scandalous', says VFIThe government's decision to cut the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) is heaping "huge pressure" on pubs and the wider hospitality sector in the run up to Christmas, according to the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI). The VFI says that pubs are facing a bleak Christmas season where the message from Government is to stay away and that the EWSS is a vital support for members that must revert to the initial subsidy given the ongoing collapse in trade. “The EWSS is an absolutely vital support designed to keep staff employed during a significant downturn in the employer’s turnover in the middle of Covid. “We were told EWSS would begin tapering because hospitality would fully reopen on October 22. With the reopening now indefinitely postponed the rational for tapering the EWSS is gone so it must be fully restored immediately.

Source: Irish Independent December 02, 2021 09:58 UTC