LRD guides and handbook August 2020

Health and Safety Law 2020

Chapter 10

Taking holiday while furloughed

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Furloughed workers can ask to take holiday while furloughed. Holiday must be paid at normal wages, even if the furloughed worker has agreed to be furloughed on a lower wage. More details are available on the coronavirus job retention scheme pages of the gov.uk website.

UK government, Holiday entitlement and pay during coronavirus (COVID-19) (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/holiday-entitlement-and-pay-during-coronavirus-covid-19)