COVID-19: New Jobs Support Scheme
Rishi Sunak has announced the Government’s ‘Winter Economy Plan’ following the new measures implemented on 22 September 2020 to stop the spread of Coronavirus – the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS).
- The JSS which will replace the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) 1 November 2020, and will help to keep employees in a job on shorter hours rather than making them redundant.
- All small & medium sized businesses are eligible to apply. But larger businesses only when their turnover has fallen.
- Businesses are eligible even if they have not previously used the CJRS.
- The employee will be eligible if they were in your employment as at 23 September 2020.
- The scheme will support viable jobs so employees must be working at least 1/3rd of their normal hours and be paid for that work, as normal, by their employer and the Government will cover 2/3rds of the pay they have lost by reducing their working hours.
- Businesses who retain furloughed staff on shorter hours can claim both the JSS and the Jobs Retention Bonus (JRB).
- The JSS will help to support businesses in industries as hospitality, sport, etc who will be severely affected by these new measures.
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