The government’s Job Support
Scheme (JSS) will be expanded to protect jobs and support businesses required
to close their doors as a result of coronavirus restrictions, the Chancellor
announced 9 October.
Under the expansion, firms whose
premises are legally required to shut for some period over winter as part of
local or national restrictions will receive grants to pay the wages of staff
who cannot work The Government’s aim is to protect jobs and enable businesses
to reopen quickly once restrictions are lifted.
The government will support
eligible businesses by paying two thirds of each employees’ salary (or 67%), up
to a maximum of £2,100 a month.
Under the scheme, employers will
not be required to contribute towards wages and only asked to cover NICS and
pension contributions, a very small proportion of overall employment costs. It
is estimated that around half of potential claims are likely not to incur
employer NICs or auto-enrolment pension contributions and so face no employer
contribution.
Businesses will only be eligible
to claim the grant while they are subject to restrictions and employees must be
off work for a minimum of seven consecutive days.
The scheme will begin on 1
November and will be available for six months, with a review point in January.
In line with the rest of the JSS, payments to businesses will be made in
arrears, via a HMRC claims service that will be available from early December.
Employees of firms that have been legally closed in the period before 1
November are eligible for the CJRS.
The scheme is UK wide and the UK
Government will work with the devolved administrations to ensure the scheme
operates across all four nations.
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