First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has repeated her call for Scots workers and businesses to be able to benefit from furlough after November.
She said she wanted clarity from the UK Government amid confusion over what she described as an "apparent" commitment by the Prime Minister this week.
She said: "The current confusion and lack of clarity is, and I think this is an obvious point, not helpful for our decision making."
The UK Government had announced that furlough, which guarantees 80% of wages, would be available across the UK until December 2 after confirming England would be put in lockdown.
Although a five-level localised system is in place in Scotland, Sturgeon has said tougher restrictions could be more likely given the availability of furlough.
However, she has also called for furlough to be accessible north of the border outside of the one-month window announced by Johnson.
At Westminster this week, Johnson initially dodged attempts by Scottish MPs to extract an answer on the furlough issue.
He eventually told Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross: “I must repeat what I have said several times already this afternoon. The furlough scheme is a UK-wide scheme.
“If other parts of the UK decide to go into measures which require the furlough scheme, then of course it’s available to them. That has to be right, and that applies not just now, but of course in the future as well.”
However, Johnson's colleagues in the Cabinet did not repeat the commitment, which is now mired in confusiom.
At her media briefing, Sturgeon said: "The same level of furlough support must also be available after November."
She added: "We cannot have a situation where businesses are fully supported, rightly fully supported, when England enters a lockdown, but comparable support isn't made available if all or part of Scotland or Wales or Northern Ireland face similar restrictions."
She welcomed the "apparent" commitment to "equal treatment", but said there had not been any written commitment from the Treasury.
