Furlough query

SusanStone

I have been employed with an agency since 21/10/19 working on a contract for a client. I was asked to leave the office due to the Covid situation. I haven’t been asked back since but been querying the furlough payments since I left.  Only to find out this week that no furlough will be paid to any contractors as the client is making redundancies on their permanent staff. 

I pay tax through PAYE. Both myself and my agency ( who pays me and who I have a contract with) agreed to furlough but the client (who is French owned) is unwilling to agree to furlough being paid. 

Is the correct as I am lead to believe that all PAYE tax payers are entitled to furlough. 

Thank you
Susan

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No one is entitled to be furloughed, some people are however eligible. 
From what you have said you are employed by the agency, they are your PAYE employer, therefore it has nothing to do with the client. The agency as your PAYE employer is the one who would claim furlough based on your previous earnings, it is nothing to do with the client.

vwbeetle71

Iam on furlough & in all the years I've worked for the company I have always received shift rate as agreed in our yearly pay talks . But while iam on furlough iam not getting my shift rate is this right ?

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@vwbeetle71
Please do not create multiple threads on the same subject, or post the same question on multiple threads as it makes it difficult to reply and things become disjointed. I have replied on the thread you created. 

sharpe106

It has nothing to do with the client, furlough but it is too late now anyway as the date has passed. 

Grumpy_chap

We have been in lockdown now for 3 months.  How come we still get new threads asking about eligibility for furlough?  Where have these people been and what have they been doing all this time?