Tag archives: Job Retention Scheme

Guidance published on the Extension of the UK Furlough Scheme

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on November 11, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

Further to our blog post on 5 November, when the UK Government announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will remain open until 31 March 2021, the Government has now published detailed guidance on the extension of the scheme. The guidance is comprised of a number of different documents covering such matters as which … Continue reading

UK Job Retention Scheme extended until 31 March 2021

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on November 5, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

Further to our post about the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the Chancellor announced on 5 November that the CJRS (also known as the furlough scheme) will remain open until 31 March 2021. The Government also published a policy paper setting out further details of the CJRS, confirming that the scheme rules … Continue reading

Furlough Scheme extended and the Job Support Scheme postponed

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on November 2, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

On 31 October 2020, the UK Government announced a the new national lockdown due to begin on Thursday 5 November. On the same day, the Government announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which was due to come to an end on that day, would be extended to continue during the period of lockdown. … Continue reading

New law to ensure furloughed employees receive full redundancy payments

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on July 31, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

The UK Government has published legislation, which will ensure that all furloughed employees receive statutory redundancy pay based on their normal wages, rather than a reduced furlough rate. The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020 (the Regulations) ensure that various statutory entitlements based on a week’s pay and connected … Continue reading

UK Government: Plan for Jobs

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on July 13, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, General, UK

On 8 July, the UK Chancellor announced proposals to help UK businesses have the confidence to retain and hire staff. The Government announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has helped employers pay the wages of 9 million employees across the UK. However, the scheme will come to an end on 31 October 2020 and … Continue reading

New Guidance published for flexible furlough scheme

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on June 15, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

On 12 June the UK Government issued details of the flexible furlough arrangement which will operate from 1 July 2020. The new scheme will allow employees to work for their employer during some of the period and the employer will still be able to claim under the scheme in respect of the time where employees … Continue reading

Furloughing new employees – deadline 10 June 2020

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on June 8, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

As set out in our previous blog post here the UK: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is changing. This means that the CJRS is closing to new entrants form 30 June. Any new employees who an employer may wish to furlough and who have not already been furloughed, must be placed on furlough on or … Continue reading

Flexible Furlough –Changes to the UK Job Retention Scheme

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on June 1, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

On 29 May, the UK Chancellor provided details of the proposed changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The changes require employers to start sharing the cost of the furlough arrangement and allow a more flexible approach to working while on furlough. New Flexibility The Government is introducing a more flexible furlough arrangement. Employers … Continue reading

UK: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended until end of October

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on May 14, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

The Government has announced that by 12 May 7.5 million jobs in the UK have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme). Previous briefings on the details of the Scheme can be found here. The Scheme was due to end on 30 June 2020. However, following the Government’s announcement regarding the phased … Continue reading

UK Job Retention Scheme open for applications

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on April 20, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

The UK Job Retention Scheme (JRS) opened for online applications on 20 April 2020. Access to the online portal can be found here. The Government has also published a separate guidance note here which provides details of how to calculate 80% of the employee’s wages to claim through the JRS and some helpful worked examples … Continue reading

The UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – An Update

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on March 27, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

As we noted in our previous blog post here the UK Government announced the new Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme by which employers can apply to HMRC for a grant to cover most of the wage costs (up to 80%) of salary of workers who are temporarily not working but kept on the payroll (furloughed workers) … Continue reading