Furloughed workers: redundancy sums will be based on usual pay
by Richard Partington Economics correspondent from on (#56APW)
Alok Sharma says new law will ensure furloughed employees are not short-changed'
Furloughed workers will be guaranteed redundancy packages based on their normal wages if they lose their job, under a law to stop businesses from offering them reduced payouts.
In an intervention designed to stop unscrupulous employers, ministers will introduce the law on Thursday to protect workers on the coronavirus job retention scheme .
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