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Coronavirus FURLOUGH SCHEME: THE CLOCK IS TICKING

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Christopher Wilsher

Wednesday 10 June 202 is the last possible opportunity for employers to place new employees onto the furlough scheme. The scheme is closing to new entrants, i.e. employees who have not yet been furloughed, on 30 June 2020. From that …

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Coronavirus Recovery: an overview of The UK Government’s phased strategy

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Christopher Wilsher

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 10 May regarding the first steps out of the lockdown  the Government has now published detailed guidance called  “Our Plan to Rebuild: The UK Government’s Covid-19 Recovery Strategy.” This sets out three distinct phases …

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Coronavirus: Furlough Leave – Updated Government Guidance

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Alice Heathfield

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

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Alice Heathfield

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

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Alice Heathfield

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

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Christopher Wilsher

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

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Christopher Wilsher

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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