this 80% wages thing...

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xxlshirts_fit_all

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My missus has just been put on a zero hours contract as the place she works is shut and theres possible redundancies... I told her to ask in her consultation interview if theyre gonna claim the 80% for the staff and they replied that theyre too small to qualify... sounds like bull to me?

I cant see anywhere what the criteria is other than the staff need to be stood down, not laid off... why wouldnt an employer claim it to keep their staff on?
 
I didn't think it was dependent on the size of the Business. I thought if you were on PAYE you would get the 80%.
 
Can they just change her contract like that, assuming she wasn't on a zero hours contract before? Genuine question as I'm not up with current UK employment law.
 
Facefuzz said:
Sounds like bull to me. Does the company work it out and pay it or do you have to claim.
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The company size is utterly irrelevant.

You simply put your staff on absence of leave but retain them on your payroll (furlough them) and when the system is up and running, you put their wages through as normal and get refunded 80% up to the maximum of £2500 a month. Her company is bullshîtting. There is a stipulation that they cannot do any work for the employer whilst being furloughed.
 
This is what I've said to her but none of them seem to want to make an issue of it...

Possibly for fear of not being taken back on afterwards...
 
Report them, anonymously, sounds like they’re talking crap, and trying to get away with breaking the law, through fear.
 
They are not breaking the law, they’re just not acting in the best interests of their employees, which is immoral considering that it isn’t costing them anything but gives their employees a comfort blanket at a very difficult time for everybody.
 
At least that asshole insensitive billionaire Tim Martin has done a U turn on his policy not to pay his staff whilst waiting for the Government 80% monies from HMRC.
 
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