Furlough and work elsewhere?

Bucki

Because my contract says “not allowed to work elsewhere...”. I may give them a call never the less but likelyhood is “no”

Bucki

Thanks everybody for your input. I thought that employers are not able to identity or find out when you start working elsewhere in the meantime .... but looks like the TAX CODE always changes when starting a new job - as advised on here and unsure if this is 99% accurate or part of the process.

This is new to me because I thought TAX CODE is to show what tax year you are on and whether ur on marriage allowance etc but not to change everytime you start a job.

Hmmm so yeh, if you ever wanted a second job (without them knowing) you are out of options .... as they always will find out because they get notified as it seems.

ah well, live goes on.

cheers

epm-84

If you start a job with a new employer and do not provide a P45 or fill out the equivalent form before the first time they run payroll then HMRC will presume that's a second job and will give you a different tax code for the new job so that you don't get the personal allowance twice e.g. if you earned over £12,500 last year from your current job then you'll pay tax on everything earned from the 'second job' and your tax code for the second job will indicate that.

Jeremy535897

It's an old thread, but makes some useful points:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/726935/starting-a-2nd-job-will-my-employer-know

Bucki

Update.
they agreed and said yes, provided I start working again when asked to  

cheers all for ur feedback.
topic can be closed.

Galloglass

Bucki said:

Update.
they agreed and said yes, provided I start working again when asked to  

cheers all for ur feedback.
topic can be closed.

Good news and an insight on what to do in this situation 
1. Check your contract and 
2. Check with your employer.

I am not sure whether restrictive terms in an employment contract could be enforced in these unusual days but the OP never needed to challenge it.

sharpe106

I would have thought restrictive terms for a business need rather than being petty would still be enforceable after all the need for it is still there.

prowla

The furlough guidelines have evolved and been updated, but they at least initially said you could work for other employers.

Your contract with your company may not allow it, though; it's not uncommon to have that clause.

I expect a company wouldn't appreciate it if you went to work for a competitor!

sleepyjones

Under the Furlough rules you're not, technically, allowed to do any additional work within your contractual hours.
So, if you're furloughed from a 9-5 job, you wouldn't be allowed to work those hours at all, for anyone.  So your other employment hours would need to be after 5pm ... I doubt anyone would investigate this but those are the rules.

Jeremy535897

sleepyjones said:

Under the Furlough rules you're not, technically, allowed to do any additional work within your contractual hours.
So, if you're furloughed from a 9-5 job, you wouldn't be allowed to work those hours at all, for anyone.  So your other employment hours would need to be after 5pm ... I doubt anyone would investigate this but those are the rules.

They are not the rules. I think this misconception comes from the simple fact that you cannot physically work two jobs at the same time, and it would probably be in breach of the contract of employment. Thousands of people on furlough have taken second jobs, and they don't have to restrict their hours to outside their "normal" hours. It wouldn't make sense. How would you apply such a rule to people furloughed from zero hour contracts, for example?