A DISABLED student stripped of furlough pay has slammed the unnecessary stress and worry for the thousands slipping through the government s safety net. Barman Chris Chamberlain from Evesham received pay through the first Covid-19 lockdown through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme but a takeover of the pub where he works, the Ivy Inn in North Littleton, meant he and his colleagues got ruled ineligible second time around. Employers can claim up to 80 per cent of an employees wages provided they made a pay-as-you-earn real time information (PAYE RTI) submission to HMRC between March 20 and October 30. The gov.uk website adds this may differ where you have made employees redundant, or they stopped working for you on or after September 23 and you have subsequently re-employed them .