Furlough scheme for wage protection extended to October
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dailyrecord.co.ukThe UK job retention scheme will be extended to the end of October and kept at 80 per cent of furloughed workers’ salaries. But from August the government will ask employers to make a contribution, raising fears some companies will simply make staff redundant leading to mass unemployment.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said there would be no changes in the system under which the government pays 80 percent of furloughed workers’ wages up to £2,500 per month, until the end of July.
From August, the scheme will continue for all sectors and regions of the UK the chancellor said but with greater flexibility for firms to bring staff back to work part-time.
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