EXTENDED FURLOUGH GUIDANCE PUBLISHED

Published: 11/11/2020

Written by Spencer Laymond

Yesterday, HMRC has published further detailed guidance on the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). You will now know that the CJRS has been extended to 31 March 2021.

80% contribution to January 2021

For the period 1 November 2020 to 31 January 2021, the Government will pay 80% of wages for hours not worked up to £2,500 per month. The scheme will be reviewed in January 2021 to decide whether employers will be required to make a contribution thereafter.

Check if you can claim for your employees

The updated guidance includes specific checklists and guidance on the following:

Check if you can claim for your employees’ wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’
Check which employees you can put on furlough to use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’
Calculate how much you can claim using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Logistics

The guidance confirms that the extended scheme is open for employees who were employed on 30 October 2020, and employees who were made redundant or stopped working on or after 23 September 2020 if they are then rehired.
Employers do not need to have previously claimed for an employee before 30 October 2020 to claim for periods from 1 November 2020.
Employers can furlough employees for any amount of time and any work pattern.
Employers can claim the grant for the hours not worked.
Employers can continue to claim for periods ending on or before 31 October 2020 until the deadline on 30 November 2020;
There is no maximum number of employees that an employer can claim for from 1 November 2020.

Warning

The Government is reviewing whether employers should be able to claim for employees serving contractual or statutory notice periods and will change the approach for claim periods starting on or after 1 December 2020, with further guidance to be published in late November.

For updated guidance please click here.

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