Chancellor has confirmed today that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be extended by one month to 30 June to reflect continuing social distancing measures.
The move provides some certainty and allows firms from across UK to continue to protect millions of jobs. The scheme will continue to be monitored to ensure people and businesses can get back to work as soon as it’s safe to do so to drive UK economic recovery.
Chancellor has confirmed today that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be extended by one month to 30 June to reflect continuing social distancing measures.
The scheme, which allows firms to furlough employees with the government paying cash grants of 80% of their wages up to a maximum of £2,500, was originally open for three months and backdated from the 1 March to the end of May.
However, the Chancellor said he would keep the scheme under review and extend it if necessary.
The government has taken unprecedented action to help the economy and society bridge a period of national emergency so that as many people as possible can get back to work as the situation improves.
This week the Office for Budgetary Responsibility said the CJRS is limiting the impact on employment. Brewdog and Timpsons are among the thousands of businesses up and down the country furloughing their staff.
Future decisions on the scheme will take into account further developments on the wider measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus, as well as the responsible management of the public finances.
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