
Deadline to furlough staff for the first time is expiring
The terms of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) alter with effect from 1 July 2020.
Only employees who have been furloughed for the minimum of three weeks on or before 30 June 2020 will be eligible for the scheme after 1 July 2020.
It follows that, with the agreement of the staff member (as this is a condition of the CJRS reimbursement), staff must have been furloughed for the first time by 10 June 2020. Whilst staff could be furloughed in a letter on 10 June 2020, it must be with immediate effect, not with effect from the following day.
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