GOVERNMENT LOOKING AT BRINGING IN PART-TIME FURLOUGH IMMEDIATELY


May 19th, 2020.


The government is listening to retailers about being allowed to bring back furloughed staff on a part-time basis, according to one senior source.


Although independent retailers are being asked to reopen from June, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will only allow part-time furlough from August.

Given a cratered economy and uncertain demand, retailers are asking why the government insists on this all-or-nothing approach.

Some shops are gingerly reopening towards the end of the working week but would have to pay staff taken off furlough fully time.

“Part-time furlough has been raised by retailers and a number of MPs. It’s something that we’re looking at and try to respond to,” said the source.



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