Submitted on Friday 27th March 2020
Rejected on Thursday 16th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Review the government furlough scheme to include workers who started this month
Employers are making staff redundant with no option of furlough because they’re not eligible for the coronavirus retention scheme because they started after the cut off date February the 28th.
New workers joining payroll in March won’t receive any pay from the government.
The legislation states that workers who started work after the 28th February are not entitled to this funding meaning that their new place of work is not eligible to claim the 80% relief of their salary.
This is a huge oversight and puts thousands of workers at risk, and stuck in the place of having no income and little to no prospect of getting employment in this current economy.
We need this amended. Punishing those for bettering themselves by furthering their career and starting a new job is not fair.
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