Not being furloughed, but not being paid
Discussion
My partners Father is a self employed Taxi Driver. Obviously he has zero work at the moment, and seemingly zero support. He's also in the high risk group due to very poor health, so is sat at home not earning.
Her mother in her 60s works 3 contracted days a week and 2 days overtime every week (I've just found out they've never extended her contracted hours to the full week, I'm sure to protect themselves....) in a small shop, attached to a Chemist, with a separate shop floor linked by an archway inside. I think there are about 5 or 6 of them that work in this stationary/general crap shop, and a few who work in the conjoined pharmacy.
The company who owns the setup refusing to furlough those in the next door shop department, saying that they will allow them to work their contracted hours in the chemist area, or not at all without pay - most of the employees are old so they expect them to not take them up on this offer and save the wages. The mother does not want to work in the Chemist area either (not her usual place of work, but it's counts as the same shop in the eyes of the company) and expose herself to anything, due to her husbands vulnerability and also her own - she's epileptic (not sure if that's a risk.)
So they're both at home, not being paid a penny.
What on earth can they do here?
Her mother in her 60s works 3 contracted days a week and 2 days overtime every week (I've just found out they've never extended her contracted hours to the full week, I'm sure to protect themselves....) in a small shop, attached to a Chemist, with a separate shop floor linked by an archway inside. I think there are about 5 or 6 of them that work in this stationary/general crap shop, and a few who work in the conjoined pharmacy.
The company who owns the setup refusing to furlough those in the next door shop department, saying that they will allow them to work their contracted hours in the chemist area, or not at all without pay - most of the employees are old so they expect them to not take them up on this offer and save the wages. The mother does not want to work in the Chemist area either (not her usual place of work, but it's counts as the same shop in the eyes of the company) and expose herself to anything, due to her husbands vulnerability and also her own - she's epileptic (not sure if that's a risk.)
So they're both at home, not being paid a penny.
What on earth can they do here?
Gassing Station | Jobs & Employment Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff