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Customer Update: July 2020
Welcome to BrightPay's July update. Our most important news this month include:
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Timeline - Furlough scheme to wind-down gradually
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Flexible Furlough - Employees Returning to Work Part-Time
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Chancellor to grant “draconian” powers to reclaim millions in Covid-19 support payments
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Calculating a flexibly furloughed employee's 'usual hours'
Changes to the CJRS & Furloughing Employees
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been hugely popular and will continue to support jobs until the end of October. However, from 1st July, there will be many changes to the scheme. Here we've put together a summary of some of the key points in relation to flexible furlough, phasing out of the scheme and changes to making a claim.
Employees returning from statutory leave after 10 June 2020
From 1st July 2020, employers will only be able to claim for employees who have previously been furloughed for at least 3 consecutive weeks any time between 1st March 2020 and 30th June 2020. An exception to this is where an employee is returning from statutory parental leave after 10th June 2020 and meets the qualifying criteria to be furloughed for the first time.
CJRS calculations have changed in BrightPay from version 20.5 onwards
For many of our customers, this calculation change will not make a difference. But those who pay in lieu (e.g. a July pay date for June payroll), or those for whom an already submitted claim period ending 30 June did not actually cover all of June's earnings, will need to check and ensure that all reclaimable amounts are accounted for and submitted to HMRC prior to making July claims.
COVID-19 Webinar - Did you miss it? Watch on-demand now
During our most recent webinar, we looked at upcoming changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. We also examined five principles that employers should be following to protect employees as they come back to work. Don't miss out - watch it back anytime.
