Government Payouts for Contractors

[NickFitz]

You'll have to change your name to JamesP45. That's the best advice I can offer, I'm afraid...

Back in the day, this would then have to be changed to JamesUB40 when you made your claim, then JamesB1 when you went to the other department across town to be assessed for Supplementary Benefit, and on and on…

[jamesbrown]

Presumably if the employer argues that a job can be undertaken at home, there will be no government support anyway?

Furlough means no work whatsoever. Gov’t support means payment for work not being done that would otherwise have been done. Yes, you’re not going to get a state sponsored handout on top of your contract income, umbrella or otherwise.

[Mordac]

Presumably if the employer argues that a job can be undertaken at home, there will be no government support anyway?

You could become one of them, there's going to be high demand soon. Difficult to wfh though. Maybe get DHL to deliver the corpse? That could work.