Volunteers who give up their time to act as special constables have pledged thousands of hours to support the police response to the coronavirus pandemic.
09.04.2020 - 07:09 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Scottish prison officers are being offered emergency pay worth up to £1750 to cover a staffing crisis during the coronavirus outbreak.
The “exceptional payment” fund covers additional hours worked over a 12-week period.
Details of the special pay deal, seen by the Record, also show prison officers are being offered an extra £20 per shift to escort prisoners with suspected coronavirus to hospital.
Absence rates are already running high with about one in four unable to work in Scottish jails. The
Volunteers who give up their time to act as special constables have pledged thousands of hours to support the police response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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