STARTED NEW JOB IN MARCH AND THEN LET GO. NEED SOME ADVICE PLEASE ON FURLOUGH

mobilejo

GabiB said:

As you signed the contract before the 28th Feb you SHOULD be eligible, that’s my understanding of it, could be wrong.

No, you have to be on the payroll on that date. Most employers do not set up new starters on payroll until they actually start work. It sounds like the OP was not on payroll on 28th Feb, so (based on current rules) is not eligible.

trixie73 said:
My son is in exactly the same position, last day of his old job 28th Feb, first day of his new job 2nd march. Now I understand the government are trying to prevent fraud, but surely if they are going to have a cut off date it should be, at the earliest , the day this scheme was announced. This is putting thousands of people into hardship, just because they changed jobs at the wrong time. 

Sadly, whenever there is a cut off date for something, there will always be someone that just misses out. If you move the cut-off date, it just creates a new group of people who have 'just missed it' and the whole problem starts again with the new date. 

neo28

Government have amended the policy now to the day before they announced the policy, so it has now been moved from the 28th February to the 19th March, you should all be entitled to Furlough if the employer agrees. 

calcotti

neo28 said:

Government have amended the policy now to the day before they announced the policy, so it has now been moved from the 28th February to the 19th March, you should all be entitled to Furlough if the employer agrees. 

Possibly not. It depends when they are paid. It is possible for example that someone started a job around the 26th February say but did not get paid until the end of March. In that case they will not have been included on an RTI by 19th March and will not qualify.