Furlough

Blu76

Hi all! My husband has been working throughout lockdown, today he heard from one of the managers that he knows that him and another employee who has also been working throughout lockdown may be furloughed to allow the other 2 employees that normally work with them to come back and to allow my husband and colleague to have a ‘rest’.  Is this normal/legal?  Many Thanks

mattyprice4004

Yes, and it seems fair to me - spread the furlough out between everyone. 

MallyGirl

I will move this out of the travel section

epm-84

I would suspect the company want the option of having everyone working on a part time basis from July (when part time furlough will be permitted) and to enable that everyone has to be furloughed at least once by this week for a minimum of 3 weeks.

He doesn't have to agree to being furloughed.  Although, if he hasn't been furloughed by this week that might make put his role at higher risk of redundancy, if there's a further drop in work before the end of October.

bradders1983

Isnt there a cutoff now? If he hasnt been furloughed already at any point then I dont think he can be soon.

Jeremy535897

bradders1983 said:

Isnt there a cutoff now? If he hasnt been furloughed already at any point then I dont think he can be soon.

Tomorrow.

epm-84

bradders1983 said:

Isnt there a cutoff now? If he hasnt been furloughed already at any point then I dont think he can be soon.

Furlough starting tomorrow is the cut off for those who work Mon-Fri.  For those who work part time or who work weekends it might be they have a couple of extra days before they have to go on furlough.

bradders1983

Jeremy535897 said:

bradders1983 said:

Isnt there a cutoff now? If he hasnt been furloughed already at any point then I dont think he can be soon.

Tomorrow.

Well there we are then.

sharpe106

He does not have to agree to it, as there is obviously work to do but I doubt would make him Mr Popularity at work if he refused. 

bradders1983

sharpe106 said:

He does not have to agree to it, as there is obviously work to do but I doubt would make him Mr Popularity at work if he refused. 

I suspect even if he did agree, he cant be furloughed anyway if he hasnt been before now.

NatConFitz

Any advice please! My company have emailed me to claim they have paid me too much furlough pay on the first furlough instalment back in April. They want the full untaxed amount back of nearly £1400 in a maximum of four instalments starting from my next payday which will be June 12th (in 3 days). I wrote back to say that I acknowledge there was an increase in what I expected but that I naively assumed it was the same for all employees (it being the first furloughed wage). I was also heavily taxed on that amount so I came out with around £600 more than I get normally. They claim that it wasn’t government furlough as companies didn’t have access to funds at that point (I think funds were being accessed by companies from the 20th April and my pay date was the 17th), and that it was their own money. On my wageslip it clearly states “furlough” next to the amount, also is statutory sick pay added that I was owed from previously. Furthermore, they want the untaxed (gross) amount back  - admitting that I didn’t actually benefit that full amount but that sometime in the future they will reimburse me again if I’ve paid too much back. I have so far not agreed to the instalments (each being over £460), but I’m scared that they will just go ahead with deducting that amount anyway from Friday’s pay. I have sought legal advice but my appointment will be at least three weeks from now.  Any suggestions?