Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Apply From Today

As part the next step towards gradually bringing employees back to work, a number of changes have been made to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. As of today the following changes will apply:

• The scheme is only available to employers that have previously furloughed employees under the CJRS V1 (i.e. before 30 June 2020).
• Only employees that have previously been furloughed under V1 will be able to be furloughed under V2.
• Employees can be flexibly furloughed, enabling part-time working.
• There is no minimum furlough period.
• Furlough claims become more specific and must contain details of usual hours (based on calendar days) and usual hours worked. Hours furloughed will be the difference.
• Each claim made by an employer must be for a period of one week or more.
• No claim period can extend across a calendar month end.
• Employers will need to start to fund a proportion of the furlough payment costs from 1 August 2020.
• 30 November 2020 is the final date for submitting claims under CJRS V2

For further details Version 2 of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, read our breakdown HERE.