18/12/2020
*ATTENTION FOR ALL THOSE FURLOUGHED*
Those who were furloughed on or before March 19th and have been re-furloughed are not entitled to the new minimum wage.
Those that have been employed since the first lockdown, through no fault of their own, are entitled to the new rate of pay.
This leaves a huge inequality.
This is a rule that has escaped many business owners and has meant that people are at risk of furlough fraud and owing a huge amount of overpaid furlough.
We have set up a petition in order to raise this issue. If you have two spare minutes please will you consider signing and sharing it.
Many thanks!
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563524?fbclid=IwAR2PgBsK662EIU3SL3LaDxu8h9sKkbY20AtCEpH30xpj6vK66YvXmhCvf_A
Those furloughed in the first lockdown are now only entitled to furlough calculated using the the old minimum wage in March. Whereas my colleagues who were employed after the first lockdown are entitled to furlough calculated using the new minimum wage.