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Holiday accrual whilst on furlough
By the time our staff come back to work we are projected to have a full year s holiday entitlement for each staff member, this in itself will be financially crippleling for our business. Can I pay our staff holidays whilst on fyurlough and what are the rules surrounding this. Thanks
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More SEISS 3 help needed please
Hi, I have 2 questions regarding SEISS 3. * Do you have to include SEISS 1 and 2 grants as “trading profits” when determining whether reduced demand in Nov-Jan constitutes a significant reduction across the whole tax year? I ask as I attended an HMRC webinar on Dec 23rd and asked that question in the chat and was told that…
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Carer’s vaccination
I am in group four as a Clinically vulnerable person. My daughter is my carer, she gets Carers allowance, she is 44. At present, she, and ( I think) unpaid carers are to be included in group 6. It would make more sense if she had it at the same time as me. Has anyone else’s carer had theirs?
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Can an employer force you to work in the office?
My son works in admin for a Maintenance company - so, if you have a leak in your flat, he will arrange for one of their engineers to come out. There are 6 of them in a small office. The 2 bosses had covid a few weeks ago. One of the staff had covid too. My son and 2 others have not had Covid yet. 1 of the other staff is…
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Recruiting new staff while others are on furlough
Can an employer put staff on furlough and then recruit new staff? The job title is different but this person has been doing some of the work of furloughed staff. Any help or advice is welcomed.
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Just don’t know what to do - self employed
I was made redundant Nov 2019 & have been self employed since then working for a building company on their building sites. I didn’t have any work from March 2020-Aug 2020 with lockdown. I got UC as wasn’t eligible for any self employment help. Got a mortgage holiday but still racked up some credit cards trying to stay…
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Keyworker but need time to home school
Good morning How do I stand - I’m a keyworker ( TA in a classroom in a primary school) I have 3 children at home , 2 are secondary & college age and are capable to get on with work set. My 10yr old is at home being home schooled by my college aged daughter. One day a week she has a zoom call so my son is left to get on. As…
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SEISS and getting a Mortgage
Are there any lenders still willing to lend if you have had a SEISS Grant ? NatWest will not lend against my husbands income due to him receiving this support !! I thought you should not be negatively affected due to COVID ? Or for that matter receiving SEISS .. My husbands actual income not including the Grant is the same…
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Mortgage Help
Can anyone give me some advice please. This pandemic has cost both my husbands job and my own job. We were forced to take a mortgage holiday, as no income for 6 months plus. Our mortgage company agreed to a payment holiday of six months in writing. Luckily my husband has hopefully got a new job so we can start paying the…
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Child Support Bubble Help
Can anyone please give me some advice concerning Child Care
Support bubbles as I am bit confused on a the wording . I work full time and will be continuing to do so during the new lockdown , my wife does not work so will be now providing the majority of the care at the moment and home schooling to my 7 year old daughter…
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Can a Trust apply for grant?
Our family holiday cottage is owned by a discretionary Trust, which has filed tax returns for years. It is run as a furnished holiday let.It is treated by the council as an odd mix of private & business - the Trust pays council tax but also has to pay for a commercial waste contract. It is not registered with the council…
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Barclays BBL
Hi all, my husband wasnt able to open a business account due to old CCJs , Barclays suggested that we send evidence of repayment plans . We have today received a letter saying Welcome to business banking , your sort code is 000000 and account number is 00000000 . Presumably they have opened some sort of feeder account…
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Public sector employee no furlough
Hello, Does anyone know if public sector employees who aren't eligible to request furlough can get financial support if they request reduced working hours? I.e paid leave? Gov guidance is unclear: If you’re a public sector employee Where organisations receive public funding for staff costs we expect employers to pay staff…
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Two colleagues - two issues
I work for an essential retailer so still working. One colleague says support bubbles don't exist anymore. I keep saying go on the GOV website for the correct info and continues to go on about they don't exist anymore. Another colleague is concerned about being picked up from work by her son (she lives alone and son is…
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Furlough
Hello. Im looking for an answer to this: A company can no longer pay the NI contributions due to the most recent lockdown. All company funds have dried up. Can an employee who wants to be paid furlough pay the NI themselves legally?
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Furlough pay based on hours?
I have been working for my employer since January 2020 so when furloughed my pay was worked out from hours worked since I started in January through to when I was put on furlough In April 2020. At the time I was only working 9-15 hours (due to having too many staff members for the amount of shifts available) a week…
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Options for Meter Reader?
Asking on behalf of a family member - He is a meter reader that requires entering peoples property to perform his job. 60 years of age, no real underlying health conditions that could be a cause of concern however he lives with and is one of the main primary care for a family member who has special needs, whom is in his…
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Shielding and they wont furlough (RTI) issue
Hi. I joined my employer as HGV driver on 14/10/20 and was asked to shield by
the government on 05/11/20. Even though my start date came in with the government’s
deadline of 30/10/20 because the company's payroll operates on a 4 weekly and the pay
period before I joined were 14/09/20-11/10/20, with pay day being 16/10/20,…
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Agency worker and Covid-19
I am after some assistant regarding a friend of mine who contracted Covid-19 over Xmas. She does not speak very good English but has told me she works for an agency on a contract of 37 hours per week and was confirmed Covid positive over the Xmas period and was told to self isolate until today. She informed her agency and…
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If some of us get the covid jab and the virus then mutates to a more viralent form Will we have to be re-inoculated to be protected