PAYE employee financially affected by coronavirus?

Are you an employee who is paid a salary through payroll?

YES
NO

Did you start your job before 19 March 2020

YES
NO

If you're self-employed or a freelancer, we've got an app just for you, to help you work out what financial support you could get.

Are you still employed or have you been made redundant/let go?

STILL EMPLOYED
MADE REDUNDANT / LET GO

Great news that you're still employed. Let's check you're ok financially.

Are you on full pay or reduced pay?

FULL PAY
REDUCED PAY

Ok fantastic, so things are ok for you right now.

Are you worried about losing your job in the future?

YES
NO

It looks like you are doing just fine right now and you're not worried about losing your job. If you do need any help paying your mortgage, rent or other costs, check this out.

We get that the uncertainty is stressful.

If there's a way for you to save some money for the next few months, to give yourself a buffer, we'd recommend that.

Hopefully it won't come to it, but we'll give you some info on what happens if you lose your job and how to claim benefits. Just so you have this.

That must be tricky for you. We'll help you work out how that affects your living costs, to make sure you're ok

Are you worried about losing your job in the future?

YES
NO

We're pleased you've still got your job, but understand that reduced pay isn't great. If you need any help paying your mortgage, bills or other costs, check this out.

We get that the uncertainty is stressful.

If there's a way for you to save some money for the next few months, to give yourself a buffer, we'd recommend that.

Hopefully it won't come to it, but we'll give you some info on what happens if you lose your job and how to claim benefits. Just so you have this.

Sorry to hear you've been made redundant / laid off. That must have been a shock. Let's see what money you can get in to tide you over until you get another job.

If you haven't worked for your employer for more than 2 years, then you unfortunately don't get statutory redundancy pay.
We know this is disappointing. So if your company hasn't paid you any money when they laid you off, we'll explain how to check if you can claim benefits.

Are you still employed or have you been furloughed or made redundant/let go?*

STILL EMPLOYED
FURLOUGHED
MADE REDUNDANT / LET GO

Great news that you're still employed. Let's check you're ok financially.

Are you on full pay or reduced pay?*

FULL PAY
REDUCED PAY

Ok fantastic, so things are ok for you right now.

That must be tricky for you. We'll help you work out how that affects your living costs, to make sure you're ok

Are you worried about losing your job in the future?

YES
NO

It looks like you are doing just fine right now and you're not worried about losing your job. If you do need any help paying your mortgage, rent or other costs, check this out.

We get that the uncertainty is stressful. The good news is the government has schemes to help as many people as possible keep their jobs. We'll explain the Job Retention Scheme (also called furlough), plus what happens if you do lose your job. If there's a way for you to save some money for the next few months, to give yourself a buffer, we'd recommend that.

Are you worried about losing your job in the future?

YES
NO

We're pleased you've still got your job, but understand that reduced pay isn't great. If you need any help paying your mortgage, bills or other costs, check this out.

We get that the uncertainty is stressful. The good news is the government has schemes to help as many people as possible keep their jobs. If there's a way for you to save some money for the next few months, to give yourself a buffer, we'd recommend that (but we know it might not be possible on your reduced pay).

That's good that you still have your job, but we understand that it might make things difficult financially.
Furlough only pays you 80% of your salary (up to £2,500 a month).

Are you worried about losing your job in the future?*

YES
NO

Ok, so you're getting some money in and you're not worried about losing your job. That's good. If you do need any help paying your mortgage, rent or other costs, check this out.

We get that the uncertainty is stressful. The good news is the government has schemes to help as many people as possible keep their jobs.
If there's a way for you to save some money for the next few months, to give yourself a buffer, we'd recommend that. But we understand it may not be possible when you're on reduced furlough pay.

Sorry to hear you've been made redundant / laid off. That must have been a shock. Let's see what money you can get in to tide you over until you get another job.

Have you been employed by your company for more than 2 years?

YES
NO

Were you made redundant after 28 February 2020?

YES
NO

Were you made redundant after 28 February 2020?

YES
NO

Ok, so if you've worked for your company for more than 2 years and this is a redundancy situation, then you should get redundancy pay. We'll explain how this works.

Unfortunately, if you haven't worked for your company for 2 years, you won't automatically get redundancy pay. So if you need to get money in, you should check if you can get benefits. We'll explain more.

You could ask your old employer to re-hire you, then put you on furlough (leave). This would allow you to get paid 80% of your PAYE salary up to £2,500 per month.

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