Furlough temporary workers at 80% of their salary rather than 80% of NMW

Many temporary workers have recently found out that due to an obscure clause in their contracts they are paid at National Minimum Wage with a "discretionary bonus" making up the rest of their day rate. The Job Retention Scheme will not include this "bonus" so workers may only receive 80% of NMW.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Consider paying commission and bonus as part or furlough payment

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/