Furlough following resignation

Atlas234

Even if the 30th date wasn't a requirement a company would have to be very generous to take you back onto furlough under those circumstances, it still costs the employer holiday accrual and employers NI so there is still a cost to them

Thrugelmir

Atlas234 said:

Even if the 30th date wasn't a requirement a company would have to be very generous to take you back onto furlough under those circumstances, it still costs the employer holiday accrual and employers NI so there is still a cost to them

The employer may well have commenced the process of recruitment of a replacement. The work still needs to be done. I'm sure there's no shortage of people looking to earn an income.

diggingdude

There's probably someone else doing the work you refused to do so if anything they will be furloughed. 

Out of interest what were you planning to do instead when you resigned?

monetxchange

Look I've been extremely careful with not going out much at all this year and can understand you wanting to stay safe and protect your family, but are you perhaps being a little cautious here? Do you live with these family members or are they people you can still see but maintain social distance from still?

My brother is in the extremely vulnerable category but went back to work after first lockdown ended (physical job too, not office based) and has made the effort to stay safe and keep his distance from people etc. Still see him but he stays distant etc. We've all had to make adjustments and to be honest it's better for many and their mental health to be back to work.

I can understand your apprehension but you don't have many options - an agency you did a bit of work for don't want to keep paying you forever if you won't work and you were only agency so not a core part of the team. What were your alternative plans? Is it realistic that you'll get an entirely work from home job now after a long break from working or would anywhere you'd find employment expect a flexible hybrid approach? I don't think you should shoot yourself in the foot here going forward by sticking to something unnecessarily.

Grumpy_chap

OP - if you were not happy to go back to work in September because of COVID and vulnerable people in your family, what criteria did you need to have been met to allow you to go back to work ever?  When do you think those criteria will be met and how?  COVID-19 is going to be with us for a long time, so waiting for it to "go away" is not realistic.