KPMG - Enforced Leave (2018-19 edition)

[edison]

I haven't had a client that doesn't do this. Embrace it, and take the notice as an opportunity to book yourself something nice

I've been lucky perhaps as I've had the complete opposite, none of my five clients to date have made me take an extended break over xmas/new year. One (a bank) applied it only to certain programmes/projects, just not the one I was on.

[ChimpMaster]

Great for your non-IR35 status though, surely?

[BoredBloke]

I tried to predict the one here and got it wrong! So I'm having a 4 week furlough! Client stops on 9th while I guessed 14th. So 14th I'm off to new York to watch the NY Giants as part of my sons 21st Birthday and fly back on 17th - on 20th we fly to Oz and return on 4th. So a hefty old carbon footprint for us!

[northernladuk]

Great for your non-IR35 status though, surely?

Not really. Permies are usually asked not to work in between Xmas and new year as well so it's not something that affects just contractors. Minor flag really.

The term furlough is permie orientated anyway.

is a temporary leave of employees due to special needs of a company,

So never been a fan of the term. It's just T&M as documented in the contract.