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Banks Send UK Staff Home Early on Worries of New Far-Right Riots
- Deutsche Bank offers staff more flexibility on commuting times
- JPMorgan says it’s heard ‘great deal of concern’ from workers
Violent protests have engulfed some parts of England and Northern Ireland over the past week.
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Many of the biggest banks and consultancies in the UK encouraged staff to head home early this week to avoid protests being planned across the country after similar actions morphed into violent riots in recent days.
Deutsche Bank AG has told UK managers to offer staffers flexibility to change their commute times to avoid the unrest, while NatWest Group Plc warned employees it may ask them to work from home if security concerns arise at specific locations, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing non-public information.