Stan A. Einstein wrote:Amberexile wrote:Risca_Exile wrote:Amberexile wrote:Can we claim 80%, subject to limits from the government for any of our staff?
I understand that's what FGR are doing.
I'd assume some of our board will be doing this for their own businesses so will become knowledgeable of what is available.
Firstly I don't know whether professional footballers have contracts for employment or of employment. So whether they or the club can claim the government subsidy is a moot point.
What I do know is that the maximum payment in the UK under the present emergency is £2,500 per month. Which as they are only employed until 30th June would suggest even if they can claim it will be only about £7500.
Does it help to know that -
There is case law establishing that a professional footballer is an employee going back as far as 1910
The Premier League provides a standard proforma contract for players, known as form 20
The EFL regulations say that all players must be contracted in the equivalent of that form and repeatedly refer to a contract of employment within the players section of their regulations
Contracted players have previously used employment tribunals to settle disputes?
It is not just the players that we need to be concerned about, there are plenty of other employees that will have contracts of employment that last beyond 30th of June and many of our players are midway through 2 year contracts. Added to that, we have to pay players who are out of contract on 30th June for the month of July if they have not found another club.
The £2,500 maximum per month is reported to be per person. I don't know how many employees we have but the amount will tot up if all of them are eligible to be taken into account and every little helps.
I'm sure the EFL will be onto this and helping out our board and others clubs in establishing what is possible.
However, like every other of their recent announcements, some real clarity from the government would be useful.
On the flip side, we have only 4 remaining home games this season. How much net revenue will we lose by not paying those 4 games and what other revenue will we miss out on by not playing?
So if we can claim this money, is it possible that the government compensation would add up to more than the lost revenue?
Then of course there is the prickly question of when do you sell season tickets for 2020/21.