Coronavirus FAQs

January 4, 2020

Last updated: 2nd June 2020 12:30

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Effective, regular communication is key to the successful management of your workforce in this crisis.  This is particularly so where your workforce is mainly working remotely and where you are looking to obtain their agreement to measures which will help ensure the continued operation of the business- both short and long term – but which may affect employees adversely even if only temporarily.

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FAQs

Can I require staff to work at home?

Can I cut hours and/or pay?

Can we enforce workplace working if an employee is refusing to come in?

I don’t want to lose my employees but I can’t afford to keep paying them. What can I do?

How much can I claim?

Are there any conditions?

How long does the scheme last?

Will there be any changes?

Can I impose this on employees?

I still need most of my employees but I have less work for them. Can I cut hours and pay?

Can I take employees in and out of furlough?

Can I top up employees’ pay where they are furloughed under the Scheme?

What about holiday?

Does the Job Retention Scheme only apply to employees?

What about self-employed people?

How do I decide who to “furlough”?

Can I make my employees redundant regardless of the Job Retention Scheme?

How do I claim?

 

Can I require staff to work at home?

 

Can I cut hours and/or pay?

 

Can we enforce workplace working if an employee is refusing to come in?

 

I don’t want to lose my employees but I can’t afford to keep paying them. What can I do?

 

How much can I claim?

 

Are there any conditions?

 

How long does the Scheme last?

 

Will there be any changes?

The payments under the Scheme will change after June 2020.

This will mean that the maximum subsidy will decrease to £2,160 per month and then to £1,875 per month. Employers will be required to continue to pay national insurance and auto-enrolment pension contributions and also to pay employees the difference so that employees continue to receive the same amount throughout furlough.

 

Can I impose this on employees?

 

I still need most of my employees but I have less work for them.  Can I cut hours and pay?

 

Can I take employees in and out of furlough?

 

Can I top up employees’ pay where they are furloughed under the Scheme?

 

What about holiday?

 

Does the Job Retention Scheme only apply to employees?

 

What about self-employed people?

 

How do I decide who to “furlough”?

 

Can I make my employees redundant regardless of the Job Retention Scheme?

 

How do I claim?

 

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