i faced redundancy during corona Virus store closing

[Guest]

On the 2 of March i was transfered from a store to another after my request since it's closer to the place Am staying in, because of the corona virus the company had to close all of their branches.* * * * * * * * * *On the second**31 of March, I was contacted by area manager saying that i won't be eligible for payment since I was employed after the 28 of*february. I would also like to bring to your attention that i have been working for this chain of restaurent since january 2019. Now am left without a job or source of income

[ULA]

Hi, sorry to hear about your situation.

Can i just ask do you know whether the company is putting its staff on furlough as a result of having to close down due to COVID19?
Where you on the payroll of the company on 28th February?
Do you have a contract of employment that confirms your starting date with the company in January 2019?

If you can provide the answers to the questions that would be great as I will be better able to help you. In order to do that you will need to register which is easy and quick to do. You do not need to give any personal information except an email address which is used to alert you to responses being made on this thread.*

[guessst]

Hello, Thank you for your answer, 1/yes the other staff are now onfurlough 2/ as i used to work in a different branch (which owned by a different company let's call it A) i had payroll from the company A, but after being transfering to branch owned by campany B on the 2 march i still haven't got any payroll from them 3/yes i do have contract of employment i was given after i started working in the first branch store //just to be clear the store chain name is xxx sorry i can't skip the line cause it writes automatically some weaird signs thanks in advance

[ULA]

Thank you for the answer to the questions. I have just edited your post to take out the name of the store you work for to keep your information anonymous.

The chain is a franchise operation and I am presuming from what you have said each branch or group of branches is owed by a different franchisee.

Are you waiting for or have been given a new contract from franchise company B?

Did you have to resign from Company A before transferring to Company B?

Were you on the payroll of franchise company A on 28 February?

[guessst]

Hi Ula thanks again for the response. yes you are correct each branch or is owed by a different franchisee. 2/yes i did get a contract when i started working with company B after the my transfer. 3/No i did not had toresign from Company A before transferring to Company B. 4/Yes I were on the payroll of franchise company A on 28 February

[ULA]

Sorry for all the questions but your answers have really helped me understand your situation better.

There is a possible solution, if company A have put their staff on furlough by using the support of the government job retention scheme then you could go back to this employer and ask if they would put back on their payroll while we are in this situation.* They would be able to do this as you were already on their payroll at 28 Feb. If they agreed then you would be able to get paid 80% of your salary up to a max of £2,500.*
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