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Husbands on furlough and employer has emailed asking him to take 2 weeks holiday.

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  • Thrugelmir
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    The shop wasn’t doing great before covid 19. Some days they made minus money ( no actual sales but had people returning stuff for refunds)   He’s been on 80% pay as employer hasn’t topped up the 20%like some have. we’ve managed on furlough pay so holiday pay doesn’t matter to us. To be honest I don’t think it will even open back up as there allowed to from 15th of June and so far no communication on when and how they will manage the ppe situation. There’s only 6 of them in the whole place 
    If the shop was marginal pre Covid. Then with many people having less disposable income then the short term future does appear somewhat bleak. Has your husband asked his employers what their plans are? No harm in asking upfront questions. 
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