HMRC has opened its portal for employers to claim under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) this morning. Paul Burton went on to the website early this morning and it appeared to be working, although he could not test it...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has this afternoon announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is being extended by one month to the end of June. When he originally announced the scheme he did say it would be kept under review and...
UPDATE: The Chancellor announced changes to the furlough scheme on Thursday 17th December - the update can be read here . The Treasury issued a formal direction to HMRC yesterday concerning the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and it does...
The government has amended its guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) again today and, while there is only one real change, it is a very important one. They have amended the qualification date for employees to be eligible for...
The government has published not one, but two new sets of updates on the guidance relating to the job retention scheme over the last week or so. Chris Dobbs summarises the additional information and clarification provided by the government...