The UK’s trade body has warned against an abrupt end to furlough schemes, and is calling on the government to establish a permanent short-time working scheme; as “a post pandemic legacy” to help protect working people through periods of future economic change.  The call for a permanent short-time working scheme comes exactly six weeks before the furlough scheme is set to end (on 30 September 2021); the date at which employers are legally … Continue reading TUC warns UK government against abrupt end to furlough