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Furlough confusion
TwistedWhiskers
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Hi,
I have just heard from my employer I'm one of the unlucky few not eligible for furlough. I am slightly confused by this, I worked for this employer from October 2019 to January 2020; I am a student and was struggling to balance work with study so I left my job at the end of January. I was asked multiple times to come back part time so that is what I did at the start of march. We get paid our wages the first Friday of the following month (so april). I understand this makes me out of time for the feb-march cut offs, however the confusing part for me is the advice to ask old employers to rehire you if you worked there before February cut off (which I did in jan). I would also like to know if I am eligible to apply for universal credit if I cant be furloughed as I am a student? Would student status effect this?
Any advice is appreciated!
Thank you!
I have just heard from my employer I'm one of the unlucky few not eligible for furlough. I am slightly confused by this, I worked for this employer from October 2019 to January 2020; I am a student and was struggling to balance work with study so I left my job at the end of January. I was asked multiple times to come back part time so that is what I did at the start of march. We get paid our wages the first Friday of the following month (so april). I understand this makes me out of time for the feb-march cut offs, however the confusing part for me is the advice to ask old employers to rehire you if you worked there before February cut off (which I did in jan). I would also like to know if I am eligible to apply for universal credit if I cant be furloughed as I am a student? Would student status effect this?
Any advice is appreciated!
Thank you!
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Unfortunately you won't be eligible for furlough because the cut off date is 19th March and your employer must have submitted the RTI information to HMRC by 19th March and this wouldn't have been done by that date. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/furlough-scheme-cut-off-date-extended-to-19-marchAs you're a student you won't be able to claim Universal credit either.
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