New research suggests that about a third of employees have been asked to commit furlough fraud during the Covid-19 lockdown with staff experiencing pay cuts and deportation threats in addition to being furloughed. According to a survey by Crossland Employment Solicitors, 34% of employees have been asked by their bosses to work while being furloughed by their company. And some employees working for firms with a sponsor licence had been threatened with deportation unless they agreed to the furlough fraud. A third of furloughed employees were asked to carry on doing their usual jobs, while 29% were told to undertake more administrative tasks. Meanwhile, the HMRC has announced it has had 3,000 complaints so far from furloughed employees concerning fraud.