The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will close on 31 October 2020 and the UK Government has updated their guidance.
What you need to do from July:
- start your flexible furloughing of employees from 1 July onwards, you can decide the hours and shift patterns they work to suit the needs of your business – you’ll pay their wages for the time they’re in work and can apply for a job retention scheme grant to cover any of their usual hours they are still furloughed for and you can still keep employees on full furlough if you need to
- claim for periods ending on or before 30 June 2020, by 31 July 2020 – this is the last date you can make those claims
- claim for further furlough periods as needed – the first time you will be able to make a claim for days in July will be 1 July 2020
From 1 August 2020, the level of grant will be reduced each month.
For further information please visit the GOV.UK website.