Department store tells head office staff they MUST return to the office or get ...

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Head office staff at a large department store have been told they need to return to the office or they will get just 80 per cent of their pay. 

A letter sent to support staff, who work for Auckland-based chain Farmers, on August 27 detailed working from home arrangements at various lockdown alert levels. 

'At level 3 you will be paid your normal salary if you attend work,' the letter seen by Stuff reads. 

Auckland was downgraded from level 4 to level 3 restrictions on Wednesday after an outbreak in the New Zealand city of about 1.5million residents appeared to be stabilising. 

Farmers told

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