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The help available to you during the coronavirus outbreak depends on your employment status. Learn how to find out what your employment status is and what help is available to you if you’re on a zero hours contact or work in the gig economy if you’re sick, unable to work or self-isolating because of coronavirus.
The help you qualify for depends on your employment status. There are three types:
As a quick rule of thumb, when you get paid if the tax has already been taken off (through PAYE) then you’re an employee or a worker. And if you look after your own tax and submit a tax return each year then you’re self-employed.
You might be eligible for:
You might be eligible for:
If you’re on a zero hours contract- If you’re put on furlough and your monthly pay varies, the 80% is calculated using the higher of:
If you have more than one employer – You can’t be asked to do any work for the company that furloughed you. But you can be put on furlough by one employer and carry on working for another. If you’re put on furlough by more than one employer, they will each pay you 80% of your salary and the £2,500 monthly cap applies to each job.
If you’re an agency worker – If you work for an agency (or an umbrella company), your agency might be your employer and can put you on furlough, not the client. If you are put on furlough by your agency you can’t do any work for that agency, even if it’s for a totally different client.
If you’re already claiming Universal Credit – If you’re earning less because you’re on furlough or your income from self-employment has dropped, your Universal Credit payment might go up.
If you’re self-employed – The ‘minimum income floor’ for Universal Credit has been temporarily abolished. (This assumed you earned a certain amount, even if you didn’t.) The amount of Universal Credit you’re entitled to now is based on your actual earnings.
This article is provided by the Money Advice Service.