Nov 11, 2020 | COVID 19, Payroll
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended and will remain open until 31 March 2021. Claims will now need to be submitted by the 14th of the following month. If this falls on the weekend, claims should be submitted the next working day. Claims are still...
Nov 2, 2020 | COVID 19, Payroll
Following the new lockdown restrictions announced by Boris Johnson on Saturday, the new Job Support Scheme has not been launched for November as originally planned. Instead, the furlough scheme has been extended to December. The guidance states that the Government...
Oct 23, 2020 | COVID 19, Payroll
Rishi Sunak announced changes to the Job Support Scheme (JSS) yesterday one week before the scheme is set to start. The updated scheme is now more generous than previously planned with employees receiving up to 73% of their usual wage for working a minimum of 1/5 of...
Oct 5, 2020 | COVID 19, Payroll
Here is a summary, broadly in line with what we knew was coming:- the Job Retention Bonus is available to employers in respect of each employee who (a) has been on furlough at some point; and (b) remains employed, and not under notice, on 31 January 2021. HMRC will...
May 19, 2020 | COVID 19, Payroll
The Government announced on 19 May 2020 that a new online service will be launched on 26 May for small and medium-sized employers to recover Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) payments they have made to their employees. Please follow the link to the Government website for more...
