Thank you for that, points noted. My OP was a rather brief description. The person in question has 'form' and had been warned before on previous unauthorised actions. I have no intention of docking her pay, as I am not that sort of person, but have expressed my displeasure, as all she had to do was to clear her actions before hand. She has been on full pay for the last two weeks and this will continue for the foreseeable future.
One of the previously mentioned unauthorised actions was when she gave me a weeks notice that she was taking a weeks leave at the end of February without clearing the dates with me. I subsequently found out that she had been to Tenerife and returned to work on 10 March with an annoying cough.
I was not comfortable with her coming in to work, or working at the Care Home, and when I broached the subject was told that people die every day. She was asked to stay away as I did not want to be responsible if something happened at the Care Home.
She will not working for me much longer. She is off-furlough, working her period of notice and can leave with her redundancy pay in a few weeks time. Her husband earns good money (I am his Accountant) and is continuing working and will also get the £2,500 monthly grant, so the family will be quite comfortable as she can do all the extra hours she wants at the Care Home.
I did not think it necessary to contact ACAS (I have done so before on client matters) as it was quite straight forward. As far as I was concerned if she wanted to earn additional money, despite also being paid by me, she should have cleared it with me.
I have not made any claims for furlough yet, and it is unlikely that she will be included in my claim as she has yet to confirm agreement.
I hope this explains the matter more clearly. The OP was just to test the water.
She is quite welcome to work there on a voluntary basis, I am quite happy to keep her on furlough and top it up. Alternatively she could resign and go work there on a full time basis.
Look at the bigger picture indeed.
I am a sole practitioner with 4 part time staff. I shut down the office so that I could come in and do what I had to do. We are still required to carry out payroll services, complete Vat returns and generally support our clients with all their queries as to how the grants and claims will operate.
I do not agree with the Enforcement officers views. It is not practical to work from home.
She can continue to do what she likes, but not in the hours contracted to work for me. Most people are going to come off worse off, won't they? except for people like her, being paid by two employers but only working at one place.
Because I am paying her for the days she is supposed to be working for me. This does not allow her to take up paid employment elsewhere. Voluntary work is acceptable.
I gather the HMRC 'Portal' may not be ready until late April. Several of my clients in the hospitality sector have laid off, furloughed or whatever you want to call it, employees. Do they continue to show them on the payroll, but not pay them, and then wait for the grant, and hope for the best.
Laying people off has other repercussions - notice periods, redundancy etc.
A minefield of unprecedented dimensions.
I have just contacted the Tax Office as the paperwork supplied by the Executor of a Client (who passed away in October 2019) was terribly incomplete. It got rather messy as I was then told that I was not registered as the Agent, although we had been dealing with her affairs since 2009, and had submitted a 64-8.
Nevertheless, the lady listened to what I said, and said I could appeal against the penalty, and that it was more than likely that it would be cancelled.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you for that, points noted. My OP was a rather brief description. The person in question has 'form' and had been warned before on previous unauthorised actions. I have no intention of docking her pay, as I am not that sort of person, but have expressed my displeasure, as all she had to do was to clear her actions before hand. She has been on full pay for the last two weeks and this will continue for the foreseeable future.
One of the previously mentioned unauthorised actions was when she gave me a weeks notice that she was taking a weeks leave at the end of February without clearing the dates with me. I subsequently found out that she had been to Tenerife and returned to work on 10 March with an annoying cough.
I was not comfortable with her coming in to work, or working at the Care Home, and when I broached the subject was told that people die every day. She was asked to stay away as I did not want to be responsible if something happened at the Care Home.
She will not working for me much longer. She is off-furlough, working her period of notice and can leave with her redundancy pay in a few weeks time. Her husband earns good money (I am his Accountant) and is continuing working and will also get the £2,500 monthly grant, so the family will be quite comfortable as she can do all the extra hours she wants at the Care Home.
I did not think it necessary to contact ACAS (I have done so before on client matters) as it was quite straight forward. As far as I was concerned if she wanted to earn additional money, despite also being paid by me, she should have cleared it with me.
I have not made any claims for furlough yet, and it is unlikely that she will be included in my claim as she has yet to confirm agreement.
I hope this explains the matter more clearly. The OP was just to test the water.
Thank you everyone for your feedback.
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She is quite welcome to work there on a voluntary basis, I am quite happy to keep her on furlough and top it up. Alternatively she could resign and go work there on a full time basis.
Look at the bigger picture indeed.
I am a sole practitioner with 4 part time staff. I shut down the office so that I could come in and do what I had to do. We are still required to carry out payroll services, complete Vat returns and generally support our clients with all their queries as to how the grants and claims will operate.
I do not agree with the Enforcement officers views. It is not practical to work from home.
She can continue to do what she likes, but not in the hours contracted to work for me. Most people are going to come off worse off, won't they? except for people like her, being paid by two employers but only working at one place.
Seems to be quite a lack of knowledge in responding to my comment, which just goes to show what a shambles this will turn out to be.
https://inews.co.uk/news/business/furlough-can-work-who-claim-furloughed...
Yes. That was what I said. What she does any other time is not my business.
Because I am paying her for the days she is supposed to be working for me. This does not allow her to take up paid employment elsewhere. Voluntary work is acceptable.
I gather the HMRC 'Portal' may not be ready until late April. Several of my clients in the hospitality sector have laid off, furloughed or whatever you want to call it, employees. Do they continue to show them on the payroll, but not pay them, and then wait for the grant, and hope for the best.
Laying people off has other repercussions - notice periods, redundancy etc.
A minefield of unprecedented dimensions.
I have just contacted the Tax Office as the paperwork supplied by the Executor of a Client (who passed away in October 2019) was terribly incomplete. It got rather messy as I was then told that I was not registered as the Agent, although we had been dealing with her affairs since 2009, and had submitted a 64-8.
Nevertheless, the lady listened to what I said, and said I could appeal against the penalty, and that it was more than likely that it would be cancelled.
Hope this helps.