Furlough scheme abuse

Published: May 16, 2020, 12:57 p.m.

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Money Box has been hearing from furloughed workers who say their employers are abusing the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. It allows staff to be put on leave while the government pays 80 per cent of their wages up to \\xa32500 a month. One worker says he\\u2019s being forced to keep working and another says she\\u2019s been furloughed but isn\\u2019t being paid. Guest Sarah Chilton, partner with employment law specialists CM Murray

We hear from Endija who bought her two-bedroom home after viewing it through a virtual tour. Guest Mark Hayward, chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents

And the programme looks at the latest measures to help insurance customers with financial difficulties caused by coronavirus.

Email moneybox@bbc.co.uk with any questions for the programme.

Presenter: Paul Lewis\\nProducer: Charmaine Cozier\\nReporter: Dan Whitworth\\nEditor: Emma Rippon

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