General News of Monday, 11 May 2020Source: 3 NewsStaff laid off due to coronavirus besiege hotel for ‘salaries’Some of the workers who besieged the hotelOver 81 permanent workers of the Ridge Royal Hotel in Cape Coast in the Central Region besieged the premises, demanding the payment of their April salaries. As discussed and approved by the board, the hotel shut down operations and stopped receiving guests from April 1, 2020. All staff were to stay home until further notice with only selected essential staff to maintain the property. Affected staff were assured of their March salaries in full as a goodwill gesture while they will be paid half salaries in April and May. “Therefore, we as workers are giving the management of the hotel up to Friday coming to pay us,” Mr Aboagye stressed.

Source: GhanaWeb May 11, 2020 14:48 UTC