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The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), remains available to businesses as of 1 November and will be open until December.
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The Government will pay 80% of wages up to a cap of £2,500.
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Flexible furloughing is allowed as well as full-time furloughing.
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The Job Support Scheme, which was scheduled to come into effect on 1 November, has been postponed until the CJRS ends.
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Neither the employer nor the employee needs to have previously used the CJRS.
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The scheme is available in respect of employees who were on the employer’s PAYE payroll by 23:59 on 30 October 2020.
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Employers need to report and claim for a minimum period of seven consecutive calendar days.
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Employers will pay employer NICs and pension contributions and should continue to pay the employee for hours worked in the normal way.
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The Government states that there will be no gap in eligibility for support between the previously announced end-date of CJRS and this extension.
For more information please contact the Employment Team on [email protected]
