Reply To: Furloughed Pay

Hi – employees are able to take holiday during furlough.  This means that the employees will still be on furlough, but their pay will be paid at normal rate rather than the furlough rate.  Employers should be taking a proportionate approach to the amount of holiday that employees take during furlough (e.g. as a rule of thumb, to take the holiday that accrues during the furlough period and not all of their annual entitlement) to avoid a mass build up of holiday which could make managing the workforce and demand when furlough ends difficult.