Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Updating author: Clio Springer

Summary

• Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, employers can recover a proportion of wages for staff they have furloughed. (See Overview)
• The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended to 30 September 2021. (See Overview)
• Employers can furlough full- and part-time employees. (See Employees covered by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme)
• Employees can be furloughed multiple times. (See Furlough periods)
• From 1 July 2020, employees can be furloughed on a flexible, part-time basis with the employer recovering wages for the furloughed hours only. (See Flexible furlough scheme)
• The calculation of normal weekly pay for family-related statutory payments is adjusted for employees who have been furloughed. (See Family-related statutory payments and furlough leave)
• The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme rules define the salary and wage payments that employers can recover. (See Payments under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme)
• Recovery of wages under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is via an online service with specified timescales. (See Claims)