Furlough pay

ChrisMunro20

Hi I wonder if anybody could shed some light for me as I can’t find anything. Also my employer doesn’t seem to know either and not much is being done about it, I am on a contract of 39 hours per week on a set hourly rate. I rotate every fortnightly on dayshift and nightshift rotation. Being paid at time and a third when nightshift. Also regular overtime each week. On average around 8 - 12 hours per week, paid at time and a half. My employer paid us 80% of our basic dayshift rate at the 39 hours. ( obviously a lot less than what I am used to earning per week ). Should I have been paid more or is this correct what they have paid me?

My salary over the tax year for 2019/2020 was nearly double of that it would be on a basic year doing no shift work or overtime. Am I right to be questioning my employer ?

thanks in advance, Chris.  

Jeremy535897

I think your pay varies enough on a monthly basis for you to be regarded as a variable pay employee rather than a fixed rate employee. Therefore your furlough pay (assuming they are paying you what they can recover) for a period should be the higher of:

• what you were paid for the equivalent calendar period in the previous year
• your average pay for an equivalent period in 2019/20.

ChrisMunro20

Any more info from anyone?

Jeremy535897

Full details here
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/work-out-80-of-your-employees-wages-to-claim-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme

Grumpy_chap

ChrisMunro20 said:

Any more info from anyone?

Jeremy gave you the correct answer within 5 minutes of your OP.  That answer is also favourable for you.  Why would we add any more?