Self isolating employment question

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Martin Lewis is getting a lot of things wrong on this. His advice can not be trusted as it flies in the face of the official advice in places

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Takeaway_Addict said:

BrassicWoman said:

Takeaway_Addict said:

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He cannot go on furlough. The company still has work so there is no reason to employ job retention measures. It is their decision. 

You're wrong I'm afraid, if the employer wished to furlough then in the current climate they are more than entitled to

I am afriad you are wrong. The company can furlough only where it is an alternative to redundancy. In this case it seems there is plenty of work, so redundancy would not be considered. They can't just shut up shop and claim cash. It is not a "stop and claim cash wherever you fancy" position.

In Normal times I would agree but these are not normal times...even Martin Lewis himself is encouraging it. The fact is the OP would be layed off under normal circumstances so it would be entirely reasonable to allow him to be furloughed
https://twitter.com/MartinSLewis/status/1245028064549130242
All it requires is both parties to agree to furlough

Have you read the tweet? He's actually asking that the rules be changed to allow things like this. At the moment it is not within the current rules. 
I can't believe that people think a tweet from a journalist is more authoritative than the officially published rules