Schools shut - how are you all being paid?

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I'm a lawyer in private practice - my firm has said I can work flexibly (I take this to mean in the evenings) to make up my hours, use annual leave or use up to 5 days allowance from next year.

We have dependent's leave but it is unpaid.

What are other employers doing? Sorely tempted to go off sick. We can't afford for me not to work.

Taking allowance from next year just makes next year's school holidays a nightmare to cover.

I only work 24 hours a week. So instead of doing those hours over 3 days I'm going to do them over 6 days. Maybe starting early. Kids are old enough to amuse themselves until I'm finished.

So I'll still get paid. I'm extremely fortunate to be in this position.

I'm not getting paid at all. I'm a single parent with no other options. Terrified.

I'm allowed to work from home for now. But realistically that just won't be possible with a demanding 4 year old.

Dhs parents have offered to have my dc and I'm tempted to bite their hand off. We aren't supposed to leave dc with grandparents, but they're adamant they're young and healthy enough.

If I don't work I don't get paid. No one is offering any other solutions.

We have "extended" our hours... from 6am to 6pm ... as we can't work from home. The idea is to find the best time for yourself to fit round DC.
Snap for me as I am a Key holder- I have to be in at 6 or leave at 6....

I'm going to work as normal. I have family members (not elderly or at risk) who are happy to have DS on a short term basis as I can't work from home.

I have childcare sorted until after the Easter holidays. But it's likely that I'll get laid off before then anyway. If by some miracle I still have a job in 4 weeks then I'll need to come up with another plan quick.

In all likelihood I'll end up on benefits soon, unless the government pull their finger out and offer some help to those of us in this situation.

I am going to work from home but am only part time. However my job is not secure, if not enough work comes in they will have to reduce my hours or possibly let me go.

I'm a single mum and no one nearby to help - not that we should be using others for childcare atm.
I can drop child to London to a family member and still work, although work has almost no hours right now as it's an airport hotel so no guests. I am scared of lockdown and not being able to get to them. Just have unpaid dependents leave but do need to earn, or what is morally wrong but looking appealing is to get a sick note for a couple of weeks for a cough that way I can be with the kids at home and still get paid. In such a difficult position right now.

Can’t work from home, currently self isolating due to a cough. God knows what will happen when I go back. Also terrified

NHS - unpaid leave. Obviously can't afford to take it either in a financial sense or for the impact on service delivery.

Housing. I'm still at work, DH is WFH. Goodness knows how it's all going to play out.

Accountants. Still at work with flexible hours and WFH arrangements being made for people with children.

I’m in day 6 of isolation so I’m working from home, when isolation is over I have to go back in two days a week. My boyfriend lost his job today, the only upside is that he can look after my son on those two days.

I'm p/t & am expected to work (school). I can do some bits from home but how to manage that with 2 toddlers (nursery is closed). DH is also wfh & is very busy. Grandparents are in the at risk group.

My employer has said that we can work flexibly and any time off looking after dependents won’t have to be taken as sick leave or from our paid leave entitlement. So basically they’re saying, do the best you can and we’ll continue to pay you. We are all working from home. It’s made us all feel extremely loyal.

We'll be leaving DD with her grandparents during the day for the next few weeks. All are under 60 and in good health. DH's job won't be around beyond the end of next month in all likelihood so we can't afford any unpaid leave. Once he's out of work he'll look after her.

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People 20 to 44 — the millennial generation — accounted for 20 percent of those hospitalized and 12 percent of ICU patients. Taken from CNN

just take the 5 days from next year and put bills on your credit cards.

Preservation of health and life should be your main focus right now.

Sorry to those losing jobs

Also a lawyer in private practice, as is DH. We have 3 DC ages 8 5 and 1. I'm contracted to 29 hrs, DH 35. We're splitting each day into 8-1 and 1-6, so 5 hrs each per day, over 7 days can cover our hours, and tag team childcare, but aiming to do some evenings so that we get 1 day off.

Will be exhausted but hopefully still employed and able to pay the mortgage at the end of all this.

Wejammin that's a good idea - we were thinking of tag teaming too.

Gosh it's so grim isn't it. for us all.

that's a good idea to tag team.

Can we all keep this up until September?!

Dire straits. I took a temp job in January, and it finished a couple of weeks ago. I've been trying to get another job, but now everything is shutting down, and the agency I have signed up with have cancelled the Induction/training, so I have no job and can't get one with this agency until I've had the training. Sigh.

We can work our hours over an increased timeframe - start earlier and finish later, spread them out to days we don’t usually work so we meet our hours where possible as a lot of our workforce respond to others demands. Although we’ve also been told if we need to we can charge time to admin and get paid - the admin is just to keep track of dependency time.

Dd is 13. Our only family support is over 70 and socially distancing because of underlying health concerns. She's a sensible girl and school are giving her plenty of work to be getting on with, which she is keen to crack on with. I am a public transport worker and my employer has been kind enough to say they will try and change my shifts for me so she isn't left alone for more than a couple of hours, so I might swap for late shifts whilst her dad does early shifts. Her dad doesn't work at weekends whereas I do. My shifts might mean I have a couple of days off in the week. My marriage might suffer but my dc will be supervised. C'est la vie.

I don't know if I can manage it until September. I might still take annual leave over May half term and summer, but who knows if there will be a formal "summer holiday" or not. I doubt we'll be going on actual holiday (booked center parcs and Cornwall) but I could at least take a break from work.