Arsenal to continue paying full salaries to staff and casual workers until the end of May

English Premier League side Arsenal will continue paying employees and casual workers their full salaries until the end of May but it won't use the government's furlough scheme, the club said on Wednesday.

"All our employees are receiving their full salaries and we plan to continue this. We are not currently intending to use the government's furlough scheme," Arsenal said in a statement.

"In addition to our employees, we are extending our commitment to pay casual workers on our payroll from the end of April to the end of May.

"For our matchday casual workers



this means they will be paid for all four Premier League games that have been postponed and will be paid again should they work at these games once re-arranged."

The top-flight Premier League season has been suspended until at least April 30 due to the novel COVID-19 pandemic.

The Premier League giants had said they were going to apply to the government's taxpayer-funded job retention scheme.

However, later, chief executive Peter Moore in a letter addressed to the fans said: "We believe we came to the wrong conclusion last week and are truly sorry for that."