So reading through the Coronavirus bill which I believe has now passed parliament, deep within it is the following:-
Statutory self-employment pay
(1)
The Secretary of State must, by regulations, introduce a scheme of Statutory Self-
Employment Pay.
(2)
The scheme must make provision for payments to be made out of public funds to
individuals who are
(a)
self-employed, or
(b)
freelancers.
(3)
The payments to be made in subsection (2) are to be set so that the net monthly
earnings of an individual specified in subsection (2) do not fall below—
(i)
80 per cent of their monthly net earnings, averaged over the last three
years, or
(ii)
£2,917
whichever is lower.
(4)
No payment to be made under subsection (2) shall exceed £2,917 per month.
(5)
A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to
annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
So 80% of nett monthly earnings, averaged over the last 3 years!!
Would anybody NOT be happy with that? That’s huge for most of us lot, it brings us in line with the employed doesn’t it.
My only concern is when would this be payable from? Right now he has said we are allowed to travel to and from work. I’d guess that this would only be paid from the point that a) we go into the 7 or 14 day self isolation or b) we are specifically told we are NOT to go into work. Neither of this has happened yet imo.
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0122/amend/coronavirus_daily_cwh_0320rev.14-18.html