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Made Redundant while on furlough- unfair dismissal
Hi My very first post here goes.... Ive been made redundant while on furlough, my official last day is Wednesday. I'm appealing the decision. My role still exists as someone who covers me when i'm off on holiday/ill is doing my job from home along with a small portion of there own job. At the start of the pandemic i was…
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NFU Business Interruption Policy
I run a small B&B accommodation business and I am insured with the NFU (supposedly defacto ***** insurance). We have a business interruption section within the policy that covers upto £1.5million over a 36 month period. It also states that we have cancellation of advanced bookings of £1500.00 in any one claim. There is an…
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Secret Escapes - Furious!
We were due to travel to Portugal on 9/7/20 & were cancelled by Secret Escapes (SE) who have only offered an account credit to be used within the year. After a year, if the credit is still there they will refund the cash to us. In the meantime, they will try & recoup our money from Jet2 airline, transfer company & hotel.…
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EasyJet - only outbound cancelled?
This is an odd one. I have return flights with Easyjet departing on 17th July and returning on the 26th. Neither flight has been officially cancelled with me yet but when I check the Easyjet website, the outbound flights are no longer accessible or on the schedules leading me to believe it's cancelled. My problem comes…
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Credit card and loan payment holiday extension
In a little bit of a dilemma due to me being affected by Covid 19 have been on payment holiday for both a loan and credit card from the same company these holidays are due to end on the last day of June.I am led to believe that the fca are proposing to extend these holidays but the company say they are not aware that this…
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Shielding and furlough
I'm shielding as extremely vulnerable until July 30, also on furlough my boss asked me to go back to work On July 30 I said no as I'm shielding now they're taking me off furlough and onto ssp, is this allowed or legal?
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Term time work
I work in a term time setting and have been on furlough since March due to not enough children wanting to return before the summer. I have been paid normal furlough money (80%) for half terms, bank holidays and Easter and I was wondering can they keep on on furlough over the summer or will I be on full pay as we are paid…
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Claim for GP's fees on holiday insurance
Currently making a claim for a hotel stay, unable to go because son had an operation. GP has charged £25 to complete medical certificate. Can we claim this back from the insurance company? ( Holiday was for Greece on 4th July - Greece not allowing anyone in anyway)
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Ryan Air - I didn't believe it until it all happened to me!
I'm a little gobsmacked really, i didn't expect it to be so bad. Family holiday was booked for Lanzarote end of July for 2 weeks. Villa and Ryan Air! Villa i had no choice but to cancel (24 hours before the deadline, a couple of weeks ago otherwise would have lost more money). I would have worked with Ryan Air to move…
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This is the rejection letter from my travel insurance company
See help my mother was stranded in New Zealand during the coronavirus our break and her flight home was cancelled and she has to wait for the next available flight with an airline still operating once NZ government allowed travel to restart for essential reasons ie stranded visitors. She paid for another flight home. The…
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Employer reducing holiday allowance while furloughed
My employer has stated "Salaried employees who are furloughed are required to take 1/12 of their remaining holiday entitlement for each month that they are furloughed." Can they do this? That's 6 days holiday used up so far being shut in the house.
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Advise Please re Changing Holiday due to COVID
Hi I had a girls trip booked for 8 of us to go to Benidorm, due to fly 6th July just for 2 nights, booked through on the beach. With the air bridges opening and Easyjet flying the flight isn't cancelled, but we will not be able to go, due to some people shielding, some just going back to work after being furloughed etc. We…
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depression and work
its undecided when i can go back to work because of covid 19......im classed as self employed and only worked part time. without going into it too much, my mental health has really hit rock bottom, ive been relying on savings, which are dropping very fast, since last november. i havent got the confidence to find another…
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Money being deducted from Wages
Hi, I have just found out my boss is deducting us £30 each month which started in April, our wage slip says one amount but the amount that goes in to our account is £30 less. When I questioned him he said “The accountants charged £30 admin fee for the Furlough calculations per person per month” he hasn’t told us he is…
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British Airways - No refund. Hotel would re-book but BA not paid hotel and BA Trousered the Cash
Hi In January I booked a 3 night city break (flights & hotel) to Barcelona with BA, travelling on 14 March, returning on 17th March. We were concerned about the growing Covid 19 outbreak, and attempted for days to contact BA, you just couldn't get through on the phone. I sent them an e-mail saying we wanted to cancel and…
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Flight confirmed. Hotel closed
Help!! I'm due to travel to Gran Caneria 7am Wednesday with Ryanair. Our flight is confirmed and scheduled however after emailing the hotel they told me they are closed. We booked our all Inclusive package holiday through Love Holidays. I have tried for days to contact them. They are operating a live chat however I still…
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Not travelling but do I need to cancel my flight with RyanAir?
Due to fly on Saturday but we've opted not to, is there a way to cancel my Ryanair flight or do I just not turn up?
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Furlough when is 100% not 100%?
I've been furloughed since April 1st. I was called back to work for 6 days to do some work. I know I should be paid 100% for these 6 days. I am on a salary and my employer has worked out my daily rate by dividing my normal monthly salary by days in the month. I work a 5 day week (no weekends) so therefore my daily rate…
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Travel to Greece not permitted until at least 15th July
There has been talk of an air bridge being opened up between the UK and Greece from next week. However, according to Bloomberg the Greek government have decided they don't want any UK holidaymakers until at least 15th July as the rate of COVID-19 infection in the UK is too high.
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Ryanair took my flight money!
Hi all at MSE, I booked a holiday with the company ‘On the Beach’ for the 10th of July 2020. I recently had an email stating that I cancelled my holiday and I will not be given a refund for the flights. I am 100% sure I didn’t cancel the holiday, on the beach did. On the beach’s phone lines are down and Ryan air has a…
