I meant ameliorate the situation for everyone. I'm self-employed so I'm fully aware that it's not easy but the self-employed may just shrug off the loss of a day's pay, it's not so easy for an employed person who's been told "come in or lose your job".
I should stress that I'm not saying people...
This must be an element in it. A change in the law to make it illegal for companies to withhold pay when employees can't come in due to bad weather would ameliorate the situation