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Working for another employer whilst furloughed...

Amanda Jane Roberts

Good afternoon, 

I have just been asked if an employee can work elsewhere in order to top up his pay to 100% whilst being furloughed. The only information I can find is that the employee should not work for his employer during this period but cannot find anything that says he cannot work for another employer. I suppose potentially the employee could earn quite a lot of money if he were able to work full time for another employer as well as receiving 80% of his normal pay?

I would appreciate your thoughts.

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  • It's an interesting conundrum - especially if there were off to work in some sort of NHS/care capacity which we might instinctively feel would be different to becoming an Hermes or Ocado driver. However, I wonder if the concept is that you would otherwise be laid off/redundant then they also need to be available to come back off the furlough and back to work if your business circumstances change or allow which feels akin to garden leave rather than paid not to work.
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  • It's an interesting conundrum - especially if there were off to work in some sort of NHS/care capacity which we might instinctively feel would be different to becoming an Hermes or Ocado driver. However, I wonder if the concept is that you would otherwise be laid off/redundant then they also need to be available to come back off the furlough and back to work if your business circumstances change or allow which feels akin to garden leave rather than paid not to work.
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