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Office closed and cant work from home, can I claim?

Hi
My wife works for a Care Company as an office assistant, they have recently closed the office and the managers and supervisors are working from home, they have stopped all hours for my wife now, Can we get the 80% pay from her employer, there are so much confusion around this.
 Tia

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  • calcotti
    calcotti Posts: 15,696 Forumite
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    It’s up to the employer whether to designate her as a furloughed employer and whether or not to access the Job Retention Scheme to help them pay her wages.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.
  • They say they dont think they can, they have looked into it and think that she doesn't qualify due to the company still operating 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Posts: 15,696 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    They say they dont think they can, they have looked into it and think that she doesn't qualify due to the company still operating 
    The fact the company is still working is not the deciding factor. If they have no work for her they can choose to designate her furloughed and could choose o access the Job Retention Scheme.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.
  • Okay thanks for your help
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