Employment Furlough

[danchip]

My company has told all employees that they are going to go on to the governments employment furlough and only receive 80% of their salary but are expected to carry on and work 100% of there contractual hours.

Are they allowed to do this?

As i understood it this Furlough was for workers who could not work

[fiction-factory]

No. You aren't even allowed to work for one minute a day for them under the furlough arrangements

[Buenchico]

Quote:
"To be eligible for the subsidy, when on furlough, an employee can not undertake work for or on behalf of the organisation. This includes providing services or generating revenue".

Source:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme#employees-you-can-claim-for

[fiction-factory]

Unless it's a zero hours contact so that means you won't work at all

[Maydup]

Claims can be made using an average for those on a zero hour contract. See the link above, but indeed no hours must be worked from home or at the establishmnet, in any capacity.