Being furloughed beats a layoff: What it means for millions of suddenly jobless Americans
April 08, 2020 at 10:21 AM EDT
Scores of workers likely running into the millions have either been furloughed in the past few weeks or soon will be because of an unprecedented closure of the U.S. economy to fight the deadly coronavirus scourge. What is a furlough, how does it affect employees and can they collect jobless benefits?