New Furlough Treasury Direction Issued

New Furlough Treasury Direction issued - headline points:

  1. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is formally extended to 30 April 2021, and this Direction covers 1 Feb to 30 April.

  2. It clarifies that furlough pay in March/April 2021 should refer back to the corresponding month in March/April 2019, and not March/April 2020 (as that would involve looking at a period when people might already have been on furlough pay). The calculation for 'usual hours' of work is similarly amended.

  3. The deadline for amending a claim to HMRC is extended from 15th of the following month to the end of the following month.

Source: Daniel Barnett

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Cait Jones