Furloughs and layoffs are ways to reduce labor costs during times of economic hardship. They both involve a loss of work for employees, but there is a key difference between them. A furlough continues employment but reduces scheduled hours or requires a period of unpaid leave. Because the...
A furlough allows you to place employees on temporary unpaid leave, keeping them on your payroll and saving you the trouble of rehiring them when it's time to recall them to work. Usually, furloughs are initiated by the employer as a cost-cutting strategy during economic...
Unless an employee was out on job-protected leave, such as FMLA or EFMLA, you are not required to return them to their original position or to an equivalent one (or bring them back at all). Given the impact of COVID-19 on business operations across the...