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Furloughed but others brought in to do job
mci2185
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I am asking this on behalf of my mum as she's not very tech savvy.
She works for a company as a cleaner with one other person. The other person is over 65 and decided to self isolate and then she became furloughed along with my mum when the scheme came in place. They are both still furloughed but my mum has recently found out that the company she works for has actually brought in cleaning contractors recently. she doesn't know where she stands on this as she is more than happy to be back at work and there is no reason for her to be furloughed if they are paying someone else to do her job. we both agree that this may not end well for her and her friend but is this even legal for them to do this?
She works for a company as a cleaner with one other person. The other person is over 65 and decided to self isolate and then she became furloughed along with my mum when the scheme came in place. They are both still furloughed but my mum has recently found out that the company she works for has actually brought in cleaning contractors recently. she doesn't know where she stands on this as she is more than happy to be back at work and there is no reason for her to be furloughed if they are paying someone else to do her job. we both agree that this may not end well for her and her friend but is this even legal for them to do this?
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There is nothing to stop them doing it. It can make sense if the amount of work is less than a full time employee would do. Things may change when furloughing people working part time comes in.0
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They both only work part time (20 hours) each.0
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Perhaps they only have enough work for 10 hours a week. If they are doing 20 hours, and cost less, you are right to be concerned about the future of the jobs. How near to NMW is their wage, and do they have over 2 years of service?0
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They both only work part time (20 hours) each.What are their contractual hours and are they being paid 80% of that?
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It’s up to the employer who to furlough, maybe the cleaning is needed less and the other contractors are cheaper for the less cleaning?0
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They are both contracted to 20 hoursGalloglass said:They both only work part time (20 hours) each.What are their contractual hours and are they being paid 80% of that?
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They are both contracted to 20 hours and yes they are on 80%mci2185 said:Galloglass said:They both only work part time (20 hours) each.What are their contractual hours and are they being paid 80% of that?
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Its exactly minimum wage and they have worked there for 14 yearsJeremy535897 said:Perhaps they only have enough work for 10 hours a week. If they are doing 20 hours, and cost less, you are right to be concerned about the future of the jobs. How near to NMW is their wage, and do they have over 2 years of service?
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Not sure why contracters would be any cheaper. Without asking them why nobody really knows.
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