A loophole in the UKs new financial support system has been exposed.
The loophole could potentially leave some without pay.
It turns out many aren’t actually eligible to gave true wages paid, as you have to have been on the company payroll system since February 28th, which thousand of workers weren’t.
A Dundee based software engineer who was laid off just before the cut off point has spoken out and said:
“I have three children under ten who are no longer going to school… my wife is a healthcare assistant in a pharmacy, so she works sometimes 12 hour shifts a day,” he said.
“This scheme was a lifeline for me…it just so happened this great opportunity came up for me when it did in January and I changed jobs just at the wrong moment in time.”
The reason you have to be on the system since the 28th of February is so the Government can reference claims against pay data,
Others say this is wrong though, with one GMB Union leader saying: “If you’ve been working, paid your taxes, done everything you were supposed to but just happened to have changed jobs at the wrong time, it can’t be right that there’s no support”.
Despite this, a treasury spokesperson has said people who don’t get their wages paid up to £2,500 a month “will be able to access a range of other support – including an increase in the Universal Credit allowance, income tax deferrals, £1bn more support for renters and access to three-month mortgage holidays”, meaning they don’t go without money.
