Employing PAs’ Webinar for Direct Payment Employers

In Control are hosting a webinar for people who employ personal assistants (PAs) using their direct payments. It takes place on:

People who are advised to self-isolate for COVID-19 will soon be able to obtain an alternative to the ‘fit note’ to cover this by contacting 111, rather than visiting the doctor. Further information will be confirmed shortly, we will keep you updated.

For people who are not eligible for SSP, for example those earning below the Lower Earnings Limit of £118 per week, can now more easily make a claim for Universal Credit or Contributory Employment and Support Allowance.

Please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-those-affected-by-covid-19/support-for-those-affected-by-covid-19 for more information.

Wednesday 24th June 2020, 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.

The speakers are Miro Griffiths who employs his own PAs, Carol Reeves who leads on Skills for Care’s work supporting individual employers and developing the PA workforce and Jug Sahota and Emma Slaven, Senior Advisors for the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).

More information can be found here.

You can register to join the ‘Let’s talk about’ Employing PAs webinar through this link here.