Is there any further guidance on how to deal with flexible staff who are still owed hours from work completed in the previous month. How or at what stage can we furlough these staff members?

A response on behalf of @Leanette Burger​ 

Sophie,

Can you please clarify – does that mean I can not furlough staff until after they received their outstanding money at the end of April (for worked performed in March), even if this means them not being able to live on the little amount they are due, because they were laid off early in March.

Am I only able to furlough after payday in April effectively and then claim 80% average wage (zero hour contracts) for the period till the end of May?

Thanks,

Zaina

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Hi Leanette,

As far as we understand, you can still pay your employees what they are due, as well as furlough them from what ever date they were officially furloughed. They will then get the furlough pay for April that you will load into the payroll module, plus the outstanding payments. Our advice about the payment types was to help your reporting when you need to total the amounts to provide HMRC.

Many thanks,

Sophie.

Hi Leanette,

We've checked this with our Product & Payroll teams.

Employees should be paid for any hours worked as normal, to include any payments owed from previous periods. It would be advisable for the payments to be shown separately, i.e. hours worked as 'hours' and furlough pay as 'furlough' or the like. This will also help your reporting. You can mark them as furlough as and when they went onto the furlough status.

Many thanks,

Sophie.