| Navajo Nation enters 57-hour lockdown as virus death toll rises Posted: 23 May 2020 01:18 PM PDT  Even essential businesses must remain closed as the entire tribe enters a strict lockdown for Memorial Day weekend.
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| Malaysia says second virus cluster breaks out at migrant detention centers Posted: 23 May 2020 07:19 AM PDT  A new cluster of coronavirus infections has broken out in Malaysia at a detention center for undocumented migrants, authorities said on Saturday. Malaysia has this month arrested more than 2,000 foreigners for not having permits that allow them to be in the country following raids in areas under lockdown. The United Nations and rights groups have called on Malaysia to stop the crackdown and criticized authorities for going after a vulnerable community during the pandemic.
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| Businesses 'will have to pay a fifth of furloughed workers' wages' Posted: 23 May 2020 01:17 AM PDT  Businesses will have to pay at least a fifth of the wages of furloughed workers in coming months, it has been reported. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said the furlough scheme will be in place until at least October with companies to be asked to "start sharing" the cost from the start of August. The Times reports that the Treasury has devised a scheme which would see employers cover between 20 per cent and 30 per cent of a worker's wage. The plans would also see firms paying national insurance contributions, which are approximately 5 per cent of people's wages. The furlough scheme - which pays 80 per cent of a worker's salary up to a £2,500 monthly cap - currently supports around 7.5 million jobs, with Mr Sunak saying earlier this month he was preparing to "wean" workers and business off the programme amid concerns that the nation was becoming "addicted" to it. The latest report comes a day after new data showed the total volume of retail sales dropped a record 18.1 per cent in April as hundreds of thousands of businesses were forced to shut up shop to help tackle coronavirus.
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