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Furloughed mid-way through working week.
Hi there, some advice please :) myself and my colleagues we're forced to shut our site last week per new government rules. Naturally some staff had not been able to work the entire week and have lost out on some of their contracted hours. Are we entitled to any pay/furlough to cover the missed shifts if we are contracted…
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Bounce back and C.I.S
Hi, Has any one had any dealing with applying for the bounce back loan when on the construction industry scheme? As I’m self employed would I be eligible for this? I know people that are self employed and are eligible, the only difference being that they pay their tax at the end of the year and I pay my tax as I get paid.…
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Destination2 Covid-19 Cancellation Refund
I am looking for some advice regarding a holiday booking we made
earlier this year with Destination2. We paid for the holiday by Nationwide credit card for a
holiday that was due to depart in May but was cancelled due to Covid. Destination2 issued a refund credit note in May stating that
refunds would not be available…
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EasyJet Travel Voucher Transferable?
I received a travel voucher from easyJet to compensate for a cancelled flight. We have no intention on flying anywhere in the near future so the voucher will go to waste. Does anyone know if I can give these ?
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Laid off and refused holiday pay due to Furlough
Hi I'm looking for some advice. I had been working at a restaurant from July until this present lockdown. The employer has taken this opportunity to let go of 4 staff, myself included. They have, kindly, put us on the furlough scheme up until December, however, this means that we apparently forgo any holiday pay we've…
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Furlough Pay Help...
Please can someone advise what I’ll be paid if I accept flexible furlough... Furlough in December 2020 ;Annual pay is £30000 £2500 per month before tax,ni, pension... I pay 4.5% pension I will be working 1 day a week on a Thursday- so in December I’ll be working 4 days! Please can someone tell me what my take home pay will…
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fees
my mum is in a carehome but is hospitalised due to a fall she has now been tested positive for covid,the home she is in wont take her back yet as she is covid positive ,the hospital are looking for a home who take covid positive to send her to as a temporary measure till she tests negative then she goes back to her own…
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Working from home & claiming expenses but starting maternity leave query plse
Mu daughter had to start working from home at the beginning of the March lockdown and a few weeks later found out she was pregnant. She has just started her maternity leave. She completed the expenses form for working from home via the Gov UK website, which now gives tax relief for a year, but how does that work now that…
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Furlough for Zero hours contracts
I read Martin's Corona virus help page on Saturday and sent the link to my son who has been furloughed from his Zero hours contract. This information page changed by the time my son opened the link and no longer explains how Zero hours contracts are treated. He was just offered several sessions starting on the day of the…
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Love Holiday/Ryan Air Flights
We should have been away on 5th September but since all travel was cancelled we made an application to Love Holidays for a full refund. We received the holiday refund but not the air travel and was advised to apply direct to Ryan Air, which we did and Ryan Air wrote saying they were verifying our information, now love…
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Flexible Furlough Question
Hi I am a Company Director and employee of my own company and see that a 'flexible' Furlough scheme was introduced on July 1st 2020 I usually work a 40 hour week but since the slowdown in business due to Covid 19 I have been working no more than 10 hours per week I originally furloughed myself at the beginning of the…
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Ryanair non flight
My wife and I are scheduled to travel with Ryanair from Stansted to Lanzarote (out 14/11return 21/11) due to government imposed lockdown restrictions we are no longer able to travel. The flights were booked 17/05 at a total cost of £316. Having contacted Ryanair via e-mail and calling customer services I am frustrated and…
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Furlough - Change of contract
During the first lockdown I was on furlough for my 39hr contract, since September I have dropped to a 20hr contract. Will I get the same furlough pay as in the first lockdown or 80% of my current 20hr contract. (Side note: my first pay on the 20hr contract was incorrect and I was underpaid - this was amended in my pay the…
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Mortgage holiday
Hi, if this is is wrong place then I apologise. I’ve already taken a 3 month payment mortgage holiday with Skipton earlier in the year, I’m back paying full payments now - but I’m about to be furloughed and my partners new job has fallen through. I want to apply for a further mortgage payment holiday, probably for 2…
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New starter after 31st October
As a new starter with an employer after 31st October 2020 who now has limited work, they would not be entitled to furlough for the month of November. Will it be the case for December also. Or will the government extend the cut-off again for new starters as they did on 28th February extending it to 19th March this year?
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Furloughed one day?????
Hi the question is in the title My son came home from work and said approximately 80% of the workforce are on furlough just for Friday s Is this correct???????
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Airline Refund
I had flights booked with TAP Air Portugal in August that were cancelled in July by them. I requested a cash refund which was approved and is currently in their system to be processed. It has been "being processed" for quite some time now. How can I get them to actually refund me? I have called them numerous times. The…
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Rejoining a former company to claim new Furlough
Hi All,I started a 6 month contract in Feb, this was through a recruitment consultancy. One month into it I was put into lockdown and then the company put me into Furlough for 2 months. The contract was extended 2 months at no cost to the employer whatsoever (I have had this confirmed to me). My last official day was 31…
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Am I Eligible For Any Help?
Just wondering if I am eligible for any financial coronavirus help. Apologies in advance if this has already been asked / covered in previous threads. I left my full time employment in November 2019 to launch / start my own business in March 2020. However, due to Covid I obviously had to put these plans on hold, so since…
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Costa Rica and flight refunds
Hello everyone. We booked a family trip to Costa Rica, paid our deposit and also had to pay our flights in full at time of booking. Due to Covid, we postponed our trip with a view to travelling a year later. It is now clear that we will be unable to travel in light of the ongoing pandemic and potentially being unemployed.…
