For once , a fairly good article from the Daily Mail on what this means in practice :
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/ ... -next.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/ ... -next.html
I've been furloughed: What does it mean, why are companies doing this and what happens next ?
The Government recently launched the coronavirus job retention scheme.
It enables firms to continue paying part of their employees' salary.
Those staff get 80% pay up to £2,500 but would otherwise have been laid off.
But firms will have to 'furlough' their employees - we explain what that means.