Get staff consent when furloughing, lawyer warns

Speaking during TTG’s second Keep Your Business Alive seminar, Joanna Chatterton, partner at business lawyers Fox Williams, said furloughing and pay cuts needed “express” agreement from staff.

However, she added: “In most cases, employees have accepted the changes as a better alternative to having no job at all; but there is the possibility that they could challenge them if they are imposed without agreement.”