Working during Furlough

A study by economists from Oxford and Cambridge universities has concluded that the majority of people who were furloughed have carried on working during lock-down, with men significantly more likely than women to flout the rules. It also found that women were significantly more likely to be furloughed than men doing the same type of job. It found that 75% of furloughed men had their wages topped up beyond the 80% provided by the government, but only 65% of women. 87% men and 77% of women who received a salary top up continued to work for their employer while on furlough, even though this was forbidden. Among those workers who didn’t receive a top up, 69% of men and 52% of women routinely worked.