Temporary agency worker furlough

lorraine2511 · 14 April 2020 at 1:06PM

I was a temp worker for a company who laid me off the day lockdown was announced. I have asked the agency over and over whether they will furlough next, but up to now, 3 weeks later, they keep saying they are looking into it. I don’t know what to do, as I think this is an unreasonable amount of time, and I cannot claim a benefit until I have been told either way. I have had no money since I was laid off and still have no idea whether I will get any at any time from the agency, who are my employer.

sharpe106 · 14 April 2020 at 1:40PM

Although an agency can furlough staff, I don’t think many will for the simple reason they have to pay out and then reclaim it. So I would be looking at alternatives instead i.e. benefits or another job.

tweenyb · 14 April 2020 at 2:00PM

Please sign the petition to get the government to give temp workers furlough pay between gigs. If you can share it a d get others to share that would be great. Thank you for your time.sorry if I'm not mean to post this here.

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/give-agency-workers-furlough-pay-if-not-on-assignment?share=c442c058-90ba-40df-8256-b8798086e752&source=email-share-button&utm_source=email

Mrsn · 14 April 2020 at 5:02PM

You do not need to wait until you have been given an answer to claim universal credit. Currently it takes 5 weeks from applying to getting your 1st payment if eligible, it would be better to start this sooner rather than later.