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I wonder if anyone could help? I started working for another coach company in Manchester back on March 10th 2020 having left another one that same time.*
I, like everyone else at this company I worked for were ‘Furloughed Off’ as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic on 27th March 2020. As I had only just joined this company, I discovered at first I wasn’t entitled to Furlough payments as initially when the Government introduced the Job Retention Scheme, one of the criteria was that the employee should have been with their present employer’s /PAYE system before the 28th February 2020.*
Obviously this caused massive argument & debate across the UK & I signed on for Universal Credit as a result, however after a change of heart the Government changed the deadline & put it back to 19th March 2020. I didn’t sign off UC just yet as I wanted to make sure I had some money to live on the coming weeks. I received a payment of £409 off UC at the start of May 2020.
My employer got in touch with me saying that there was a discrepancy regarding my application for Furlough as I was already claiming UC but as I mentioned it was because of Governments original cut off date of 28th February 2020 I wasn’t able to qualify hence why I claimed UC.
I did sign off UC on the 27th April 2020 & my current employer & their accountant submitted the company’s application for the Furlough grant on 1st May 2020. My employer is claiming that because I was signing on, their application for the Furlough grant slowed things down. However, I contacted the Citizens Advice Bureau & explained the situation but it turned out by me claiming UC it shouldn’t affect my claim for Furlough.*
I discovered that the Company received their Furlough grant & every other employee was paid, except myself & another colleague who started around the same time as myself in is also in the same situation.*
Despite numerous phone calls & text messages between myself & my employer I was told myself & my colleague have been accepted & will be paid at the end of May.
Fast forward to the present day & despite leaving text messages to my employer, I’ve still yet to hear from them & more importantly yet to receive a Furlough payment.
One thing I will mention is that I did receive two payments of £600 during May but that was paid out of my employers other income but it is still not enough for me to get by. I was thinking of going to ACAS but they do not deal with the Job Retention Scheme as that is down to HMRC.*
I cannot get hold of HMRC as I was thinking of informing them of potential Furlough Fraud (though admittedly it is a risk & have no solid evidence) but what is angering me at the minute is the lack of communication from my employer.
I was wondering if anyone is in a similar situation?*
Thank you
Without Prejudice
I, like everyone else at this company I worked for were ‘Furloughed Off’ as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic on 27th March 2020. As I had only just joined this company, I discovered at first I wasn’t entitled to Furlough payments as initially when the Government introduced the Job Retention Scheme, one of the criteria was that the employee should have been with their present employer’s /PAYE system before the 28th February 2020.*
Obviously this caused massive argument & debate across the UK & I signed on for Universal Credit as a result, however after a change of heart the Government changed the deadline & put it back to 19th March 2020. I didn’t sign off UC just yet as I wanted to make sure I had some money to live on the coming weeks. I received a payment of £409 off UC at the start of May 2020.
My employer got in touch with me saying that there was a discrepancy regarding my application for Furlough as I was already claiming UC but as I mentioned it was because of Governments original cut off date of 28th February 2020 I wasn’t able to qualify hence why I claimed UC.
I did sign off UC on the 27th April 2020 & my current employer & their accountant submitted the company’s application for the Furlough grant on 1st May 2020. My employer is claiming that because I was signing on, their application for the Furlough grant slowed things down. However, I contacted the Citizens Advice Bureau & explained the situation but it turned out by me claiming UC it shouldn’t affect my claim for Furlough.*
I discovered that the Company received their Furlough grant & every other employee was paid, except myself & another colleague who started around the same time as myself in is also in the same situation.*
Despite numerous phone calls & text messages between myself & my employer I was told myself & my colleague have been accepted & will be paid at the end of May.
Fast forward to the present day & despite leaving text messages to my employer, I’ve still yet to hear from them & more importantly yet to receive a Furlough payment.
One thing I will mention is that I did receive two payments of £600 during May but that was paid out of my employers other income but it is still not enough for me to get by. I was thinking of going to ACAS but they do not deal with the Job Retention Scheme as that is down to HMRC.*
I cannot get hold of HMRC as I was thinking of informing them of potential Furlough Fraud (though admittedly it is a risk & have no solid evidence) but what is angering me at the minute is the lack of communication from my employer.
I was wondering if anyone is in a similar situation?*
Thank you
Without Prejudice
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