Linden Foods were contacted by The Irish Times for comment. A statement is due from the company later on Friday.
Meanwhile DUP First Minister Arlene Foster said businesses which could put social distancing in place could remain open. This appeared at odds with the comments of Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill who said non-essential companies should close.said, “If you are operating a business and you can have safe working practices then you can continue to do that.”
“We also need to bear in mind that once we come out the other side of this terrible time we are going through - and which will be with us for some considerable time - we need to make sure we have an economic base to come back to,” she said.were exploiting their staff by making them work even though their businesses were deemed non-essential in the current crisis.
She said, “We still hear reports about workers being exploited in this public health emergency. They are being given no option by their employers other than to go to work when it is not safe for them to do so. That has to stop. It must stop immediately and shame on any employer that is exploiting their workforce at this time.”
I wish I worked with these people and not with imbeciles at our factory. Most of them don't care about social distancing at all as long as they can chitchat. Good luck getting your medical devices that were potentially made by people with virus.