Agency Worker - furlough / holiday pay guidance on its way apparently

SXX

This landed in my inbox a couple of days ago. It is from the Assoc of Prof Staffing companies

Clarification on holiday pay expected within the week
We have been pressing Government for some weeks to clarify the position of whether agency workers accrue holiday when not working and to address the issue of the fact that recruiters are not billing clients for workers on furlough and so do not receive fees to fund the workers’ holiday pay if due. We have been told that guidance will be available by the end of this week or early next and that it will be comprehensive – we await the guidance with interest.

Squabblebobble

Interesting , thanks. It does seem odd that the legal requirement to provide holiday pay, a relatively small amount for the employee, has a consequence of leaving them with no pay at all. Fingers crossed.
You don't suppose it was planned this way. The government can argue that so many people are entitled to furlough but knowing they will never have to pay it ?
Thanks again S

sharpe106

It was never meant to be used as it is now, so it was not planned. The original idea was literally to protect jobs. Now they have decided it is to become something else they have lots of gaps that they have not bothered plugging. Agency workers being one and public sector workers (as not all are still being paid) being another main one.