Newcastle United have assured their non-playing staff members that their situations will be reviewed again next month after Mike Ashley temporarily laid off a significant percentage of workers at St James' Park and the club's Benton HQ.
The government stated yesterday that measures may be relaxed depending on the stage of the Coronavirus outbreak and United told employees that this would be taken into consideration as the process goes on.
ChronicleLive understands that workers will get 100% of their salary in April via the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which gives workers 80% of their wages back up to a maximum of £2,500 per month plus the other 20% made up by United.
The entire situation will then be reviewed from April onwards.
Staff received an email on Monday morning informing them of the drastic action taken by the club, but each employee received either a telephone call or video call from their line manager.
The move will not affect playing and coaching staff.
On what proved to be a dark day in the club's history managing director Lee Charnley thanked workers via an email for their efforts during a distressing time but insisted that United would bounce back from the setback.
All departments were affected by the decision including the Academy, the ticket office, scouting department, media department and the club's charity the NUFC Foundation.
The club were unable to hold face to face meetings due to government rules which prevent people from meeting with anybody outside their households.
It is expected that when Premier League football eventually returns staff will return to United.
However, it was stated in an email to staff that no exact date for a return is known at this stage.
Sources at the Premier League have suggested that games behind closed doors are being looked at but those games could take place as far away as Birmingham on a neutral ground.
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