The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been extended to provide support to businesses and employees during the new national lockdown which begins on 5 November.
It remains available to businesses from 1 November and will be open until December. The support available under the extended scheme mirrors that available under the CJRS in August, with the Government paying 80% of wages up to a cap of £2,500.
Flexible furloughing is allowed under the extended CJRS, as well as full-time furloughing. The Job Support Scheme, which was scheduled to come into effect on 1 November, has been postponed until the CJRS ends. Neither the employer nor the employee needs to have previously used the CJRS, and the scheme is available in respect of employees who were on the employer’s PAYE payroll by 23:59 on 30 October 2020, to come into effect on 1 November, has been postponed until the CJRS ends.
Neither the employer nor the employee needs to have previously used the CJRS, and the scheme is available in respect of employees who were on the employer’s PAYE payroll by 23:59 on 30 October 2020.
For more information, please contact Elizabeth Judson or Tom Evans.