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I'm confused about this paying of 80% of wages thing. My mum works in a supermarket but I want her to stay home as my stepdad has copd and is over 70, her health isn't exactly great either. Can she isolate on that basis for the recommended 12 weeks and still get paid? I can't find any information on the specifics of this.
 
Doctor Carrot said:
I'm confused about this paying of 80% of wages thing. My mum works in a supermarket but I want her to stay home as my stepdad has copd and is over 70, her health isn't exactly great either. Can she isolate on that basis for the recommended 12 weeks and still get paid? I can't find any information on the specifics of this.
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I think the answer to this is yes. Your Mum should definitely not be working in a supermarket now.
But it has to be done by the supermarket she works for (they have to apply to get the money for her from the government).
www.gov.uk

COVID-19 financial support for businesses

Find out what financial support you can get for your business.
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FFS the fucking communication is shit. There's nothing there that says it applies in my case. Two people in that household are out working every day, that's two people risking infection being brought into the house. It's so stressful!

Not having a go at you, bimble obviously!
 
I'm not sure if this is true tbh - I think she's at the mercy of the supermarket's sickness policy. The 80% pay thing is for companies who have no cash coming in because large parts of the economy have stopped dead. Supermarkets are not among these companies.
 
killer b said:
I'm not sure if this is true tbh - I think she's at the mercy of the supermarket's sickness policy. The 80% pay thing is for companies who have no cash coming in because large parts of the economy have stopped dead. Supermarkets are not among these companies.
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I fear this is the case. So they tell people over 70 with health conditions to isolate but not the people who live with them who work in environments where crowds of people are panic buying. It's beyond absurd.
 
killer b is right. But if gov guidelines are for all people over 70 to withdraw from contact with the public doesn't that mean her employer has to comply with that and then can choose to get the cash for her wages if they are half decent human beings? eta oh sorry your mum not that age i take it.
 
Doctor Carrot said:
I'm confused about this paying of 80% of wages thing. My mum works in a supermarket but I want her to stay home as my stepdad has copd and is over 70, her health isn't exactly great either. Can she isolate on that basis for the recommended 12 weeks and still get paid? I can't find any information on the specifics of this.
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Tell her to phone in sick, not to worry about the truthfulness, get her to take 2 weeks off.
 
bimble said:
killer b is right. But if gov guidelines are for all people over 70 to withdraw from contact with the public doesn't that mean her employer has to comply with that and then can choose to get the cash for her wages if they are half decent human beings? eta oh sorry your mum not that age i take it.
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She's near that age but not over 70. It just seems madness to not isolate if someone in the household is at heightened risk.
 
There are loads of these on social media so won't waste this thread with more but this one in Hull was chilling:



People are cunts. Supermarkets should be doing a lot more to manage this and protect staff/public. Government have to act because the general public and weathly private sector supermarkets can't/won't.
 
Raheem said:
Not sure what exactly to think about it but tbf, anyone who hasn't been filling their living room with bogroll, pasta and cartons of fresh milk still needs to go shopping.
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Yeah I get that totally - I’ll have to go to my local Sains tomorrow - but I’ll come back home if there’s that many people.
 
Doctor Carrot said:
Turns out they themselves suggested she stay home and are paying her the 80% so that's a relief!
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My sister is in a similar position - immune suppressed due to ongoing cancer treatment, so last week (before the announcement of the 80% wage thing) she agreed to take 2 months unpaid leave in order to self-isolate.

(Think the 2 months is because she calculated she has enough savings to pay rent & food for that long)

I am really hoping that the ‘unpaid leave’ was their way of saying ‘we’re keeping your job open for you’ & that they’ll now do the decent thing & stand her down at 80% wage...
Low paid so it’s 80% of fuck all - hope that works in her favour.
And they have been good so far with supporting her through the treatments.
 
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