How to get your company to agree to furlough you

bluelamb

Hello.
Im looking for an answer to this:
A company can no longer pay the NI contributions due to the most recent lockdown. All company funds have dried up. 

Can an employee who wants to be paid furlough pay the NI themselves legally?

Grumpy_chap

Exactly this was discussed very recently.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6230287/furlough#latest

finalfantasist

Grumpy_chap said:

Exactly this was discussed very recently.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6230287/furlough#latest

Started by the same person 

Thrugelmir

Sounds as if the employer is shortly going to be no more. Unless further finance becomes available, 

Furloughing staff can only help to a limited degree. 

bluelamb

The company isn’t about to fold. It is just reducing costs until lockdown is lifted and business resumes.

bluelamb

My company say that because there is no business at the moment due to lockdown that they can not pay furlough. This is because the company have to contribute NI and pension. Is there anyway around this at the moment?

[Deleted User]

You have no entitlement to furlough. 

gary83

You can’t force a company to furlough you unfortunately, no matter how many times you start a thread asking the same question. How long have you worked there for?

poppy12345

It's entirely the decision of your employer whether they choose to furlough you and you can't force them to do this. How many hours contract do you have or is it zero hours?

This exact same question was also posted by you twice yesterday and there's answers on your other threads. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6230287/furlough#latest

Posting multiple threads isn't going to help because the answers will still be the same.

Thrugelmir

Why another thread? 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6230529/how-to-get-your-company-to-agree-to-furlough-you#latest

In your first you said company funds had dried up............... 

poppy12345

bluelamb said:

The company isn’t about to fold. It is just reducing costs until lockdown is lifted and business resumes.

What contract do you have, zeros hours? If you don't answer the questions asked then no one can help you...