South Ayrshire Council staff who worked through Covid-19 lockdown should be rewarded with extra holiday, claim local Conservatives
Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterCouncil staff who worked through the peak of lockdown should be given an extra week’s holiday, it has been claimed.Binmen, housing repair teams and school workers would receive seven days back in “recognition” for their efforts.That’s if a proposal from South Ayrshire Council’s opposition Conservative group wins favour.Their leader, Martin Dowey, insists rewarding the graft is the right thing to do.He said: “Along with other key workers across the country, frontline council staff who have worked through the pandemic have played a huge part in keeping lifeline services running."They’ve made sure our bins are emptied, provided essential