The main points to note are:
- employers are free to switch employees from sick pay to furlough.
- confirmation that employers can furlough ‘shielding’ employees.
- confirmation that those with work visas will not be regarded as breaching their visa conditions if they receive funds under the furlough scheme.
- employers of newly TUPE’d employees can put them on furlough. (This would have been prevented under a literal interpretation of the previous guidance. We predicted that HMRC would change this, and they have.)
Further information has been sent to BACDT members via email this afternoon. If you have not received this, please contact the BACDT office on info@bacdt.org.uk