New Posts For Thread: Furlough Questionhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-questionGot a mate who work for a fire alarm maintenance company. 6 engineers and they have all been made furloughed so 80% wages from the government and the company making up the 20%.Thing is they’ve been asked to cover emergency call outs. No mention ofMany small firms taking the ****.my mates son works for a small engineering compan,last week the boss told them they were on 80% wages but still had to come to work.this week they were told because business was poor he was reducing wages to 60%.anyonhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-question?post_id=559102591#559102591Many small firms taking the ****.my mates son works for a small engineering compan,last week the boss told them they were on 80% wages but still had to come to work.this week they were told because business was poor he was reducing wages to 60%.anyonThu, 02 Apr 2020 13:26:56 -0500Just put in a HEAVY penalty forCHEATINGhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-question?post_id=559101821#559101821Just put in a HEAVY penalty forCHEATINGThu, 02 Apr 2020 11:24:45 -0500The company seems to be pulling a fast one using government as paymaster. Win, win situation and business is still functioning as normal, and government paying 80% of the wages.Creative accounting springs to mind. I wonder what the taxmen will say onhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-question?post_id=559101805#559101805The company seems to be pulling a fast one using government as paymaster. Win, win situation and business is still functioning as normal, and government paying 80% of the wages.Creative accounting springs to mind. I wonder what the taxmen will say onThu, 02 Apr 2020 11:21:20 -0500My interpretation is that AL shouldn't be enforced if they are furloughed.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-question?post_id=559101703#559101703My interpretation is that AL shouldn't be enforced if they are furloughed.Thu, 02 Apr 2020 11:04:52 -0500.https://www.acas.org.uk/coronavirus/using-holidayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-question?post_id=559101671#559101671.https://www.acas.org.uk/coronavirus/using-holidayThu, 02 Apr 2020 11:00:44 -0500Work for the business they are furloughed from, that is.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-question?post_id=559101607#559101607Work for the business they are furloughed from, that is.Thu, 02 Apr 2020 10:49:26 -0500It's very clear, furloughed employees are not allowed to work at all. The only exception is where the only employee is the director, they are allowed to carry out their officer duties whilst on furlough. The key point as noted above, not every employhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-question?post_id=559101595#559101595It's very clear, furloughed employees are not allowed to work at all. The only exception is where the only employee is the director, they are allowed to carry out their officer duties whilst on furlough. The key point as noted above, not every employThu, 02 Apr 2020 10:48:03 -0500farmers want clarification to see if they can hire furloughed workers on wageshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-question?post_id=559101555#559101555farmers want clarification to see if they can hire furloughed workers on wagesThu, 02 Apr 2020 10:40:52 -0500the holiday thing def sounds illegalif an employee is furloughed they cant work for company at all even covering emergency calls,the government will argue that there is work and therefore some workers should not be furloughedie they should keep one ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-question?post_id=559101521#559101521the holiday thing def sounds illegalif an employee is furloughed they cant work for company at all even covering emergency calls,the government will argue that there is work and therefore some workers should not be furloughedie they should keep one oThu, 02 Apr 2020 10:35:02 -0500hmmm, surely that's illegal ?? id be going to unionhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31639853/furlough-question?post_id=559101511#559101511hmmm, surely that's illegal ?? id be going to unionThu, 02 Apr 2020 10:31:59 -0500