PLEASE READ... before you ask a question about 'furloughed' workers

Community members are opening a lot of discussions about aspects of furlough (something that rarely vexed us before). 

Understandably, it must feel like you're starting out on your HR careers for many of you. Everything we were used to now has to be seen through a new lens.

Please do browse through recent discussions - or use the search facility. 

We also have some FAQs...

Coronavirus Job Retention scheme and furlough

But of course, keep asking your questions.

UPDATE: 27th March - There is now a specific forum for posts about the Job retention scheme and furlough (member-only though).

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  • We've been advised to have a selection criteria as such to determine which employees we're going to furlough. Can I ask what others are doing for this, what criteria are you using?

    We're still operational and still have work coming through from customers so whilst we don't necessary need a full workforce in our workshop we still need some of them.
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  • We've been advised to have a selection criteria as such to determine which employees we're going to furlough. Can I ask what others are doing for this, what criteria are you using?

    We're still operational and still have work coming through from customers so whilst we don't necessary need a full workforce in our workshop we still need some of them.
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