Two-thirds | Staff continue working in HUGE numbers despite furlough

As a lifeline to businesses and employees during the coronavirus crisis, Chancellor Rishi Sunak previously unveiled the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to prevent wide-scale unemployment and to keep people in jobs.

More commonly known as furlough, employees placed on the scheme can receive 80% of their monthly wages up to £2,500 per month and are required to follow specific rules laid out by the UK Government.

Yet, new research has found that two-thirds of UK workers placed on the furlough scheme have continued to do their job during the COVID-19 lockdown period when they are not allowed to.

According to the Guardian, the research suggested that men were more likely than women to break the rules and carry out work for their employer.