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Coronavirus: Furlough Leave – Updated Government Guidance

The HMRC online portal is now open for applications from businesses to claim 80% of the wages of furloughed employees up to £2,500 per month per employee. More than 140,000 businesses applied using the portal for over 1.3 million employees …

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Coronavirus: Furlough Leave – HMRC portal now open

Around four weeks after first being announced by the government, HMRC went live with its furlough portal at 7am on Monday 20 April. You can access the portal here. There were some inevitable teething problems and the website, as expected, …

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Coronavirus: Court confirms administrators may adopt contracts of furloughed employees

Background Under the Scheme, furloughed employees, whose services cannot be used due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, will not be permitted to work for their employer during the period of furlough but the employer will be able to apply for …

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Coronavirus: An update on ‘Furlough’ Leave

On 26 March, the Government released its much anticipated clarification of the Job Retention Scheme. Whilst helpful for all employers, this will be particularly welcome news to businesses who are already taking steps to place staff on ‘furlough leave’. The …

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Coronavirus: tax relief for the self-employed

Pressure is increasing on the government to announce more help for the self-employed, who make up a significant part of the country’s economy.  Around 5 million people have been attracted to this way of working, which has given them flexibility …

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