MBL: Furlough problems

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4.2 • 825 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A quarter of British employees have been furloughed since the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement in March. Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme workers are entitled to receive 80% of their pay up to a maximum of £2500 a month but they’re not allowed to do any work for their employer while on furlough. Earlier this month the scheme was extended until October - but from August the government will expect employers to contribute to the huge ongoing costs - estimated at between £10-£15 billion a month.

Furloughing is working well for the majority of people but it is causing a number of different problems for some - both employees and employers. Paul and guests talk to some of them.

Panel:

Susie Al-Qassab, employment partner at Hodge, Jones and Allen Sarah Chilton, employment partner at CM Murray

Presenter: Paul Lewis Producer: Ben Carter Editor: Ravin Sampat

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0:00.0	In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.
0:08.0	But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA
0:12.0	was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.
0:18.0	Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family?
0:21.3	When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe?
0:25.1	I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the IRA.
0:28.5	Steakknife.
0:29.7	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:33.6	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.6	Hello, I'm Paul Lewis, and welcome to the download of Moneybox Live, the program about your money.
0:43.3	New figures out today show that more than a quarter of the UK's workforce is on furlough.
0:49.2	8.4 million employees are staying at home, not working for their employer, but being paid 80%
0:56.5	of their wages up to a maximum 2,500 a month.
1:00.9	A million employers are also involved, so some must be very small indeed.
1:05.6	Earlier this month, the scheme was extended until October, but from August the government
1:09.3	will expect employers to contribute to the huge, ongoing costs.
1:14.2	£15 billion has now been claimed.
1:17.9	Ferloing is working well for the majority of people, but for some, there are a whole variety of different problems.
1:24.4	We're going to hear some of the common difficulties on Moneybox live today and get some
1:28.1	advice on how to deal with them and what your rights are. Lots of you have been emailing in and you can
1:34.7	email us Moneybox at BBC.co.uk or tweet at Moneybox. I've got two top employment lawyers with me.
1:42.5	Susie Al-Kasab is a partner with solicitors
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