Furlough

Niick

Can anyone tell me if Furlough takes overtime into consideration when working out your earnings or is it just paid on a 39 HR week.
Thanks.

calcotti

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme#work-out-what-you-can-claim

Full time and part time employees
For full time and part time salaried employees, the employee’s actual salary before tax, as of 28 February should be used to calculate the 80%. Fees, commission and bonuses should not be included.
Employees whose pay varies
If the employee has been employed (or engaged by an employment business) for a full twelve months prior to the claim, you can claim for the higher of either:

• the same month’s earning from the previous year

• average monthly earnings from the 2019-20 tax year

If the employee has been employed for less than a year, you can claim for an average of their monthly earnings since they started work.
If the employee only started in February 2020, use a pro-rata for their earnings so far to claim.

Karen_45

Can someone please tell me if an employer can enforce holidays on staff that have been furloughed?  Thanks

poppy12345

Karen_45 said:

Can someone please tell me if an employer can enforce holidays on staff that have been furloughed?  Thanks

Yes they can providing they give you enough of notice.

bradders1983

Yes, as long as they give notice (1 day for 2 days holiday, 1 week for 2 weeks holiday, and so on) and pay you at the normal rate for them.

calcotti

bradders1983 said:

Yes, as long as they give notice (1 day for 2 days holiday, 1 week for 2 weeks holiday, and so on) and pay you at the normal rate for them.

I think you may have got that the wrong way round. Doesn't the notice have to be twice the length of the holiday, so 2 days notice for 1 day holiday, 2 weeks notice for 1 week holiday.

bradders1983

Yes I have got it the wrong way round 😅 cheers.