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Gym Membership Cancellation due to Covid rules
Hello all, back in Feb/March I asked my Gym to freeze my membership for a few months, it would cost me £5 a month, however, the lockdown started a few days later and the gym started taking £10 from everyone instead, even though I didn't agree to it. Now the gym re-opened but I have been trying to book a class and its…
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Advice for working while on Furlough - but self employed in a new job?
Hi all, We run an events business and not had a single job on since March this year due to Covid. We have been on furlough and now furlough is coming to an end we are still desperately looking for any kind of work. We have both applied for various jobs as living off £65 a week and having a business unit rent, mortgage and…
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Confused by Rule of Six (and what's the likely hood my mortgage application could be turned down)
I work in a community centre.We have many different classes and activities.We are a covid secure building, following social distancing, cleanliness, etc. I am confused as to who can and cannot meet. The info, when I last looked, was updated on 9th Sept, I looked again, and it was last updated on 14th to include things like…
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Rule of 6 - College classes with groups of 20.
I work in a college. They were going to do social distancing in the classrooms but since going back they have decided that onsite teaching will be 100% capacity. Computers in the classrooms are side by side. It was planned every other PC was going to be closed off, but now they will all be utilized where they have…
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Possession Hearings : 20 Sept 2020
Courts have just issued guidance. The priority list is as follows:
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Calculating Furlough with Holidays Added
Is it okay for an employer to add holiday pay to the pay period ending 19th March to boost the amount of furlough paid to an employee by the government, as a favour?
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Better swimming lessons
Hi, I am feeling frustrated as I was told in June They would be able to freeze My membership when they re opened, I requested & no reply, lessons had not yet stated. Lessons start tomorrow & I have sent another request and a complaint & no reply. as I paid for a month when I set up and they took a month in advance on…
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Self employed minimum income floor
Hi there can anyone shed a bit of light on how long the government intend on not applying the minimum income floor to self employed people claiming universal credits.
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VAT on wedding bookings made in 2020
Hello All, When 5% VAT was brought in I questioned my wedding venue if it would make a difference to our total balance. We were sadly told no as its a single wedding package. We accepted this and continued to book our wedding however when we received the first deposit invoice, VAT was charged at 5%. I questioned this and…
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Easy jet refund!!!
Hi any advise welcome. I booked a flight for 2 back in January for July. I was shielding at the time until August following government guidelines. I’ve contacted Easy Jet twice over the phone & twice on their customer email attaching my government letter, but it just bounces back! I’ve contacted my credit card company but…
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Home Worker not permitted to work from home during self isolation
I work in a home based role as a training coordinator. I’ve always been home based, and I would only go out to attend very occasional meetings or QA visits - neither of which are required during the current pandemic. My employer has sent a blanket email to all employees stating that if we travel abroad to a country where…
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covid 19 help
Hi I have been asked to self-isolate as my son may have COVID symptoms and I need to do this for 14 days or till son get a negative report from the test I have been told I need to either take it as a holiday or unpaid leave? Am not entailed for any help from anywhere whilst at home as I do not have the symptoms any help…
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Is today redundancy cut off
Hi all, Title is self explanatory. I heard on L BC this morning today is the last day employees can make redundancies within the furlough scheme! Presuming this is because of the 45 day consultation period? Hopefully I'm not one of them.
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Disabled toilets access
Hi,Can anyone clarify what the law is regarding access to disabled toilets in a public place, my wife is a Postie & has a colosomy bag fitted, recently she was delivering mail to a school (Scotland) & asked to use the toilet & was point blank refused even after explaining her disabillity, as you can imagine having this…
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Solicitors abusing the Court System to earn fees
I am a small business owner who provided a for a Solicitor but unfortunately the company never paid for the
service. As a last resort we entered a County Court Claim against the
Solicitors. Move forward to this year and due to Covid all of our staff,
including myself, were furloughed for a short period. As per the…
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Universal credit rent 13 weeks
Hi there I've got a relative who has recently been approved for universal credit. Single over 25 They are getting help with the rent but have been told its for 13 weeks Please can you advise on what happens after I don't want to keep asking them. I can't find anything online Apologies if it's been raised before on the…
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Furlough for staff on payroll who don't actually do any work for the company?
Can the Wife and Partner of the two company directors who were on the company payroll before Covid be Furloughed? Are they allowed to be on the payroll as it is obvious to me that they are their purely to reduce the amount of personal tax the directors pay. Would they be entitled to the £1,000 job retention payment due…
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Flexible furlough scheme
Hi, I've been furloughed since the start of lockdown, but my boss insisted I work from home. This I have done, albeit reluctantly. The business has generated profit during this time. My boss would now like a "phased return" to work, ie. a day a week in the office. But, he said he'd only pay 80%. Can he do this? Also, I'm…
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Ryanair/Aqua
I would be grateful if you someone point me in the right direction. I had booked to go to Barcelona in April and it was cancelled due to COVID. The flight was with Ryanair and after speaking to them, they agreed to give me a cash refund. Unfortunately, the credit card than I paid the flights on had been cancelled and they…
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Employer reducing my hours after furlough but increasing another employees hours
I have searched the internet but can find no answer to this issue. I have been on furlough since the start of lockdown, my employer initially took one member of staff off furlough when he re-opened. Coming to the end of furlough he has proposed new hours for me which will cut my pre-lockdown hours by about two thirds while…
