As a seasonal business that closes for winter, we have several staff who (in a normal year) work their socks off during the summer and work very little during the winter. This year they've also worked very little during the summer.
If we redeploy them in the business - such as in the office admin work or site maintenance (something we've known to do in the past anyway) - does it sound reasonable to claim under JSS? I can't see anything in the guidance so far to rule it out, but wonder if it's a bit of a contrived arrangement.
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If that's what you will do, and they were to work the minimum hours required I see no reason why you couldn't claim. But I'd imagine you'd need to factor in what their usual hours would be in winter given your scenario.
In what way are they 'seasonal'?
Are they on Zero hour contracts, etc and wouldn't normally be working (but would normally have earned enough in summer to cover that)? Are they on annualised hours contracts, in which case they'd normally be in credit but now aren't? Is it just that they would have normally taken more holiday but didn't, and now you're left carrying a holiday liability you're trying to get subsidised?
I suspect your intensions are admirable and that even with a claim you're going to be down on the deal (ignoring potential redundancy costs) but i also think it matters which of the three (possibly more) reasons there are for them not having much work, but being kept on. I haven't gone through the various what ifs though.
Hi,
I find myself in the exact same position. I have read the gov websites and have rung their helpline, to no avail. Have you got any news on anything?
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