by Pitterpat » Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:41 am
As Indy235 above says, if they are self employed, cleaners can claim from the Government support scheme. It's super easy to do and the amount they get (and should have been able to claim since May 2020) will be a calculation based on their income over the previous three years. If they have not declared their income, then they will possibly not have much luck with it though. If they are working in other houses as well as yours, then the risk of infection is, understandably, much higher - and it's hard to be sure that all the other household members at her other jobs are being as careful as you might want them to be. If you can manage without her, it would probably be for the greater good. A bit of vigorous spit and polish, a bit of power vacuuming action, stretches with a feather duster to some good tunes and who knows, we might all find an alternative to Joe Wicks and come out of this looking with figures like Jennifer Anniston!
As Indy235 above says, if they are self employed, cleaners can claim from the Government support scheme. It's super easy to do and the amount they get (and should have been able to claim since May 2020) will be a calculation based on their income over the previous three years. If they have not declared their income, then they will possibly not have much luck with it though. If they are working in other houses as well as yours, then the risk of infection is, understandably, much higher - and it's hard to be sure that all the other household members at her other jobs are being as careful as you might want them to be. If you can manage without her, it would probably be for the greater good. A bit of vigorous spit and polish, a bit of power vacuuming action, stretches with a feather duster to some good tunes and who knows, we might all find an alternative to Joe Wicks and come out of this looking with figures like Jennifer Anniston!