No furlough and no holidays allowed!

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I’m parenting small DC on my own - DH is still working 8-6 and all childcare is closed. DH’s employer has furloughed most staff but won’t furlough him because he’s covering for everyone. I’ve asked him to book holiday leave because I can’t cope with this relentless childcare much longer.

DH’s employer has said no, the whole point of not furloughing him is because they need him, so he can’t take holiday. So his colleagues are sitting at home watching Netflix while DH (who actually needs to be off work) has to continue working.

Now they’re scheduling projects for May/June when they expect everyone to return to work. So everyone will return refreshed from furlough and holidays won’t be allowed because it’ll be full steam ahead. But DH hasn’t had a break and will be expected to plunge into these projects with everyone else. DH has just said never mind, he can cope without a holiday till later in the year - but his holidays aren’t just for him! His holidays are for me to have a break from DC while he does the parenting!

AIBU to think that if he isn’t being furloughed then he needs to be allowed to take holidays when everyone else comes back? It’s not fair to say “you’ve all been furloughed so you don’t need holidays for a few months” when DH hasn’t been furloughed!

Oh are they? Because I’ve got two kids with EHCPs and a pending social care assessment (well it was, just been called today and it has been refused) and their nursery has closed. There have been no risk assessments or discussions of anything. What should be happening and what’s actually happening are two different things.

LAs are risk assessing send kids they’re aware of and if the OPs child was seen an vulnerable she’d potentially be able to send them to childcare.

they dont. my DD has severe needs, attends special school, has an EHCP and I work and don't have support (lone parent). Nobody is assessing anything and my DDs school is closed. With an EHCP, she should be able to access school but the reality is very different. There is no help. Families like ours are left hanging high and dry and LAs are using Corona to shirk their duties toward families with disabled children even more.

I can’t remember where I read about it @SinkGirl but I’ve had a google and it looks like they’ve updated the guidance here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-send-risk-assessment-guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-send-risk-assessment-guidance

@SinkGirl here’s where I read about it originally. Scroll down to where it says ‘Children and young people with an education, health and care (EHC) plan’ and there’s a bit about risk assessing. The post I’ve just posted above is more detail. www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people