Forced to work whilst on furlough - what are my options?

General_Grant

sharpe106 said:

 I have sent HR 2 emails and have not received a response. I cannot not turn up for work and I fear that if I do not work they will do everything in their power to try and make my life difficult or even worse, force redundancy. What options are available to me outside of my employer as management are clearly burying their head in the sand on this one?

 Why can you not turn up for work? Nothing saying you can’t attend the place, just that you can do no work. Surely that would be the best thing to turn up and talk to them as they are not responding to emails. They may not fully understand that you can’t work or they may have decided to cancel furlough and have communicated it badly. But to me going in would be the best way to get it sorted.

Re-read what the OP wrote.  They were saying they had to turn up for work.

ruddyrum

General_Grant said:

Re-read what the OP wrote.  They were saying they had to turn up for work.

Correct. The ultimatum was work for furlough, or stay at home for unpaid leave. To confirm, the work is not at a reduced wage, I have categorically been told that as of the 1st April until 31st May I have been placed on the Job Retention Scheme. They told me this last week, so they are backdating Furlough which I did't think was allowed either