Will my partner get paid?? It's not his fault he's off.

[Nikki2ol6]

My panther works for a very small company of a few men who work in partners. My partners partner has a family bereavement so the boss called my partner and told him he's off the rest of the week. We are in the middle of moving house and paying two rents this month, does anyone know if my partner will still get paid?

Could he not work with anyone else? What happens when they take holidays?

He gets paid for holidays but he's taken those this year. And no the vans are only 2 seats

If its a removal firm they generally operate a stand down system. The teams are stood down when there is no work but they then bank the hours and have to make them up elsewhere.

Depends what his contract says

Sorry, I'm still chuckling at the thought of your panther driving a van .

But no, it does seem a very unfair system if DP has no control over the situation. Can he ask one of his other colleagues? Preferably not the one who has suffered the bereavement, as they may sound as though he's complaining about it.

What does his contract say? If he signed a contract saying they can stand him down with no pay, he won't be paid. If not, he should be paid.