Hamilton, P., Harness, O. and Griffin, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-8574-7917 (2022) Life during furlough: challenges to dignity from a changed employment status. Industrial Relations Journal, 53 (6). pp. 523-544. ISSN 0019-8692
Abstract
In response to the COVID-19 virus, the UK government introduced the Job Retention Scheme in March 2020. The scheme, a novelty in the United Kingdom, provided income support to those furloughed from work. In this paper, we examine how individuals in several occupations and organisations experienced furlough and how they were treated during this enforced period of work absence. Beyond describing their experiences during the furlough, we examine how these experiences threatened and challenged their sense of dignity. Experientially we report on furlough as a time that elicited both delight and despair. The analysis of dignity relates to how treatment based on their employment status rendered many employees marginalised and cast adrift.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Industrial Relations Journal published by Brian Towers (BRITOW) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2022 13:35 |
Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2024 15:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/irj.12384 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192128 |