Pay rights? PLEASE help

[imissthepubalready]

I started a new job at the end of February. They are an attraction that had only been open 4 weeks ish and so they said they were still trying to work out how they were running the business.

They told us they were shutting their doors admist the growing panic of COVID19 as they knew it'd be inevitable (we're a very interactive attraction)

I had x3 paydays which were weekly. I hadn't given them my NI number or signed any sort of thing to say I worked there. But I was transferred my wages each week from a business account in the business' name. I had asked them the week we closed to legitimise my employment more but they were very cagey about it as it was meant to be zero hour/no shift guarantees.

Now people are being paid 80% of their earnings and i'm on nothing. I want to email them and kind of complain but do I have any leg to stand on? Should I be ballsy and just email the owners anyway?

I understand it's their small business and they've closed but i'm already going hungry and finding new employment /signing on is really difficult right now. TIA!

It shut 15th March sorry!

You can't be paid 80% if the business has closed. This is for businesses who are staying open but want to put people on leave until times get better (the government pays the 80%)

So what's the difference between my work closing it's doors until after this and bars ?

I think it’s only for businesses still going, not for those which have closed.

But if the businesses can't be open how is it they're still going? Sorry I'm missing something here.
Mine has closed it's doors the same as bars, restaurants etc

The question is , is it winding down permanently or just hibernating whilst the ban is in effect and intending to commence trading again after.

Yes it'll open again

I think people have presumed that it failed and won’t reopen; rather than that it’s closed down until this blows over.

The 80% payment is based on what you were paid in February, according to Moneybox, and I think it only applies to people who haven’t already been laid off... were you paid at all in february?