CIPD

Force Majeure is unlikely to apply

The agency may well have an obligation to pay the worker and you may well have an obligation to pay the agency. Its very rare to have such clauses in these agreements so its hard to argue you all didnt mean to pay it…

The Governments stance (I believe) is to avoid redundancies not to avoid the correct structures being put in place to run businesses (or schools) Therefore I would be comfortable with going ahead with a restructure if it were the right thing to do (and…

I think under the newly revised wording you can take them back. Ideally with a clear break in service,

www.acas.org.uk/.../using-holiday

The relevant extracts are:

If an employee or worker is temporarily sent home because there’s no work and the employer intends to claim for their wages under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ('furloughed'), they…

Caroline Tomlinson common sense to me says this is an exception

Have you looked at TES - there is loads on there.

Hi - welcome to the communities. There are a number of very similar threads that provide a range of opinions on this that will probably help you out. SO first stop would be the search function.

You can engage with him if you choose. Or not. Has he appealed?

Yes you probably can but you dont have to is I think the current advice. There are risks in doing so in that you dont have a job at the end of the day for them and if this goes on for over 6 months they may achieve UD protection so be careful how you…

Furlough has to be for three weeks so they cant apply for this

The Agency and the employer ought to come to a sensible arrangement