Re employment after Comp Refundancy

sunshimmer123

I was made redundant during the pandemic At the end of August and had been on furlough for 4 months .  Am I entitled to be re employed and re furloughed ?

Jeremy535897

I don't think so. See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extension-to-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme/extension-of-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme

"2.4 Employees re-employed by their employer

Employees that were employed and on the payroll on 23 September 2020 who were made redundant or stopped working for their employer afterwards can be re-employed and claimed for. The employer must have made a PAYE Real Time Information (RTI) submission to HMRC from 20 March 2020 to 23 September 2020, notifying a payment of earnings for those employees.

Similarly, an employee who was on a fixed term contract, on payroll on 23 September, and that contract expired after 23 September can be re-employed and claimed for, provided that the other eligibility criteria are met."

Thrugelmir

There's no right to being re-employed. When you were made redundant your contract of employment was mutually terminated. 

Mrsn

I appreciate the sentiment behind your idea however aside from the fact you weren’t on the payroll for the relevant time period it would very much go against what the scheme is designed for especially as your role finished 3 months ago.

If you are struggling financially and are not already claiming some sort of help have you checked one of the benefit calculators such as entitled to or turn2us.