Option self isolation

fatboy1

If someone in my household tests positive and I have to self isolate, can I be put on furlough?  If not what are my options as ssp will not. Cover my wages...

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fatboy1 said:

If someone in my household tests positive and I have to self isolate, can I be put on furlough?  If not what are my options as ssp will not. Cover my wages...

 If test & trace tell you to isolate you can get £500. Is that person engaging with them? 

MattMattMattUK

fatboy1 said:

If someone in my household tests positive and I have to self isolate, can I be put on furlough?  If not what are my options as ssp will not. Cover my wages...

You can be put on furlough, although it is not really in the spirit of the scheme as for furlough you must be available to work, it does not mean you will be put on furlough that is entirely at the discretion of your employer. Your work could put you on SSP or unpaid leave (depending on your contract). If you are on a low income and in receipt of specific benefits then you are entitled to £500 payment, if you are on a low income but not in receipt of those specific benefits you can apply to your local council's discretionary scheme, although many of those have already run out of funds.

unforeseen

Apart from the fact that most councils have run out of money to cover this scheme

unholyangel

If your employee is self-isolating or on sick leave
If your employee is on sick leave or self-isolating as a result of coronavirus, they may be able to get Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is not intended for short-term absences from work due to sickness.

Short term illness/self-isolation should not be a consideration in deciding whether to furlough an employee. If, however, employers want to furlough employees for business reasons and they are currently off sick, they are eligible to do so, as with other employees. In these cases, the employee should no longer receive sick pay and would be classified as a furloughed employee.

From gov.uk website. So employers can furlough you if the reason is they are furloughing staff, but they can't furlough you just because you're isolating.  As for the £500 test and trace payments, I believe they are very restrictive and normally (always?) require you to be in receipt of certain benefits. Check your local council's website though, as it can vary council to council. 

As a last resort, what about annual leave? 

mattyprice4004

You can always ask, but if not it'll likely be SSP. Most of the £500 grants are gone.
At the end of the day we're all going to suffer in one way or another, losing a week or two's wages will be a lot easier than what some people have had to deal with (losing their job / their sector being shut for the best part of a year etc).

washingclip5

Furlough  assumes that you are available to work

PixelPound

unforeseen said:

Apart from the fact that most councils have run out of money to cover this scheme

It is a shame that they say if you are on benefits you get it, but if you are on a low income normally and will only get SSP when isolating then it is discretionary, subject to how much money the council has put aside and whether people got in before you.

Should make it the same, i.e. show on benefits, or show copy of wage slip and bank statement. So you get it if you qualify and not whether the funds set aside have been depleted.