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Made to shield with no employee pay
Vickyville
Posts: 3 Newbie
My son is a full time support worker who 3 weeks ago, temporarily moved in with his girlfriend (and her mum and sister) as she is 9 months pregnant.
He was told by his employer he had to stay home to shield his partner 2 weeks before their baby was due as she is classed as vulnerable but they were not able to pay him for that time off. His last shift was 12th April, baby was due 27th April.
He will be taking his paternity leave from the day their baby is born.
His partner is now 5 days overdue so he’s been without pay for almost 3 weeks. If she doesn’t go into labour naturally she’s booked in for an induction in 9 days. (10th May).
My son is anxious as he’s already 3 weeks without pay and could go more than another week before his baby is born and his paternity leave starts.
They are only fairly young and we don’t know what to do to help them financially. I work part time as a key worker in the nhs and my husband is currently furloughed.
Please do you have any advice as to whether his employer should be paying him through a furloughed system as they are making him stay away from work? My son doesn’t think he can claim sickness as he’s not sick.
He was told by his employer he had to stay home to shield his partner 2 weeks before their baby was due as she is classed as vulnerable but they were not able to pay him for that time off. His last shift was 12th April, baby was due 27th April.
He will be taking his paternity leave from the day their baby is born.
His partner is now 5 days overdue so he’s been without pay for almost 3 weeks. If she doesn’t go into labour naturally she’s booked in for an induction in 9 days. (10th May).
My son is anxious as he’s already 3 weeks without pay and could go more than another week before his baby is born and his paternity leave starts.
They are only fairly young and we don’t know what to do to help them financially. I work part time as a key worker in the nhs and my husband is currently furloughed.
Please do you have any advice as to whether his employer should be paying him through a furloughed system as they are making him stay away from work? My son doesn’t think he can claim sickness as he’s not sick.
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I don't understand why his employer told him to go home, without pay. Lots of people work when living with others that are at risk, they just have to be sure to follow strict hygiene rules.
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If necessary they could possibly be claiming Universal Credit if eligible.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0
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It's not the employer's decision whether somebody needs to isolate, that seems very odd. Plenty of people with vulnerable relatives are still working.
They might be able to furlough him but that is the employer's decision. It sounds like he needs to go back and talk to them again.0 -
He said he knows they won’t furlough him but unfortunately he took it at face value that he was told he had to isolate. I’ve told him to take his paternity leave from now and if baby still isn’t born in another 5 days he will sadly have just one week off after his baby is born rather than two.0
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Paternity leave cannot start until the baby is born0
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