The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak MP announced a five-month extension of CJRS, also known as the furlough scheme. The CJRS will now run until the end of March 2021 with employees receiving 80% of their current salary for hours not worked.
Find more information on:
• the extension to the CJRS which ends on 31 March 2021;
• which employees you can put on furlough to use the CJRS;
• if you can claim for your employees’ wages using the CJRS;
• the steps you need to take before calculating your claim;
• how much you can claim; and
• claiming for wages through the scheme.
The Job Support Scheme will not be introduced until after Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends.