Reply To: Furlough scheme opens for claims

[Bob]

In reply to Steve’s question.
If your contract says you get commission then the key fact is whether that is discretionary commission or not.
If your employer can vary your commissions then that is classed as discretionary and is not covered by the 80% Furlough Scheme.
Just having the same problem with my son who works in car sales for a dealership.
His basic pay is less than minimum wage for the hours he works and he makes that up in sales commission. However if he does a deal where his sales manager thinks the company have not made the amount of profit on the deal they were expecting then they can reduce his commission accordingly. That is at their discretion!! Therefore not covered by Furlough Scheme and so just very basic wage for him. Two children and a mortguage to support this is just scandalous. I hope all the motoring bodies are onto this one and fighting for these members of the motor trade.