Rebekah Brooks is apparently still being paid by News International, it has emerged.
More than three weeks after she handed in her resignation on July 15 it has transpired that she has not yet fully left Rupert Murdoch's empire.
The former News of the World editor may have stood down as CEO of the company, but her resignation as director is still 'underway', a spokesman for the business said.
And questions put to Mr Murdoch's company and Mrs Brooks' representatives about whether the 43-year-old is still on the business's payroll have been met with a wall of silence.
Rebekah Brooks has allegedly been told by Rupert Murdoch to travel until the scandal quietens down and then he will find her another role
A NI spokeswoman said: 'News International declines to comment on the financial arrangements of any individual.'
Her representative said he would not comment on financial affairs.
The latest Companies House report about positions in Rupert Murdoch's sprawling News International empire shows that Mrs Brooks is still listed as the director.
Companies must inform Companies House, the official government register of UK companies, about any changes made to directors within 14 days of the change.
A spokesman for Companies House said: 'Up to this moment in time Companies House has not received the required documentation which would allow us to formally alter the public record to show that Ms Rebekah Brooks has indeed resigned from News International Newspapers Limited.
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'When and if we do, it may take us a few days to complete the approved paper process checks before this is formally recorded.
'We advise all interested parties to be vigilant regarding any such changes to the register.'
But a News International spokeswoman insisted it was only a matter of time before her resignation as director was accepted and appropriate records would be updated. 'Rebekah Brooks resigned as CEO of the Company on 15 July 2011,' she said.
'The process for her to resign as a director of the Company is currently underway and will be filed at Companies House shortly.'
Rumours have also appeared on the internet suggesting the media tycoon has advised Mrs Brooks to 'travel the world' until the hacking and bribery scandal quietens down and then he'll find her another role.
The Daily Telegraph reported that a source claimed to the newspaper: 'My understanding is that Rupert has told her to travel the world on him for a year and then he will find a job for her when the scandal has died down.'
Both news International and Mrs Brooks' representative refused to comment on these allegations, or deny them.
The comments will stoke the fury of the public, hacking victims and MPs who have been outraged at the litany of allegations that have surfaced about News International.
Allegations have been made that while Mrs Brooks was editor of the NoW journalists at the Sunday tabloid hacked into murdered teenager Milly Dowler's voicemail.
Mrs Brooks has firmly denied any knowledge and branded the actions of the journalists, who allegedly hacked into thousands of people's phones, as 'unthinkable'.
After repeated calls for her resignation, Mrs Brooks finally handed in her notice.
On July 15 Mrs Brooks announced in an internal email to staff that she was standing down, saying: 'I feel a deep sense of responsibility for the people we have hurt.
'I now need to concentrate on correcting the distortions and rebutting the allegations about my record as a journalist.'
She indicated that earlier attempts to resign had not been accepted but on this occasion Mr Murdoch and his son James, chairman and chief executive of News International, finally accepted it.
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