Self Employed Grant Scheme And Doing Paid Work

Petriix

It falls under normal contract law. If they're not fulfilling their part of the contract in full then they're in breach and open to legal action. I would send the them a clearly worded letter explaining that you expect to be fully paid under the contractual obligations and will be prepared to take legal action to recover your losses and your costs.

Jeremy535897

hrbooth20 said:

It’s functioning as normal and has no financial problems. I’m doing the same role by Zoom instead of in person. No discussion to my contract had been discussed and I feel pressured as they keep telling me that the government has paid me so they don’t have to. 
Mid I was employed then I think it would be an illegal deduction of wages but I’m unsure if there’s a similar law for self employed contracts? 

No. However, if you have a contract specifying a certain rate, and you have done the work to their satisfaction, that is what you are entitled to, and if they won't pay, you can take them to the small claims court if they are based in England or Wales. See https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money

hrbooth20

Thank you. I have a meeting with them tomorrow which is why I’m trying to get it sorted to argue back. 

jimkelly

If I had signed a contract with a self employed joiner in January to fit a kitchen this summer, can I now pay him just 20% of the agreed fee because he has 80% SEISS grant?

Answer: No.  Same with your contract, it's 100% or no more work for them.

hrbooth20

jimkelly said:

If I had signed a contract with a self employed joiner in January to fit a kitchen this summer, can I now pay him just 20% of the agreed fee because he has 80% SEISS grant?

Answer: No.  Same with your contract, it's 100% or no more work for them.

That’s what I thought but they argued otherwise and it made me doubt myself. 
Thank you all - I’ll fight back tomorrow x

Jeremy535897

hrbooth20 said:

Thank you. I have a meeting with them tomorrow which is why I’m trying to get it sorted to argue back. 

You could explain that you have already lost 80% of your income even without their payment, so the grant has already been covered, but it's not somewhere you need or want to go. It's none of their business. You could ask them if they got any money from the government to help them meet their obligations, from the £750 million fund or elsewhere, but it's none of your business.

jimkelly

I often find committees are the worst for this type of thing.

Full of busybodies used to getting their own way before they retired and can never make a collective decision.

You need to go in to the meeting prepared to walk out if common sense doesn't prevail.

hrbooth20

jimkelly said:

I often find committees are the worst for this type of thing.

Full of busybodies used to getting their own way before they retired and can never make a collective decision.

You need to go in to the meeting prepared to walk out if common sense doesn't prevail.

I am ready for that now. Committees are a nightmare 

hb2

OP, please let us know how the meeting goes tomorrow.

hrbooth20

hb2 said:

OP, please let us know how the meeting goes tomorrow.

I will, thank you x