Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether furloughed workers under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are entitled to earn additional money through work for (a) themselves and (b) another employer when their employment contract has a no moonlighting clause.

Furloughed workers are permitted to undertake work, either for themselves or another employer, so long as it does not make money for their employer’s organisation or any linked or associated organisation, or provide services for their employer’s organisation or any linked or associated organisation.

If a furloughed worker’s contract permits it, the worker may undertake other employment while their current employer has placed them on furlough, and this will not affect the grant that can be claimed under the scheme. The worker will need to be able to return to work for the employer that has placed them on furlough if the employer decides to stop furloughing them, and they must be able to undertake any training the employer requires while on furlough.