The Job Support Scheme: What do you need to know?

In this episode of the podcast I cover a run down on what we know about the Job Support Scheme currently.

The new scheme aimed at supporting ‘viable’ jobs is available for qualifying employers from the 1st November 2020.

In this episode 157 I will cover:

• Which employees an employer can claim for under the scheme.
• The qualifying time for an employee to be on the payroll to make a claim.
• That large employers will have to demonstrate their turnover has been impacted.
• The way the scheme will work and that costs will be split between employer, employee and government subsidy.
• That employees have to work a minimum of 33% of their normal hours to make a claim for them.
• The minimum wages an employee must receive.
• How the scheme will work in practice.
• Restrictions on making redundancies and claiming under the scheme.
• Steps employers must take if they are going to use the Job Support Scheme.
• Outstanding questions on the scheme which we hope will be answered in the further guidance when published.
• Observations about the effectiveness of the scheme.
• Why I feel that there will be a significantly reduced take up of the scheme (compared to flexible furlough) and it will not prevent redundancies from happening.

Further information about the Job Support Scheme

• Fact sheet published on .Gov website
• Get in touch if you would like advice on the scheme and what it will include: 01983 897003 or [e-mail]
• We will also be producing a free letter to obtain agreement from employees who are to be placed on the Job Support Scheme. This will be available as soon as further guidance is published by the government so do check back to the website or sign up for our newsletter to get the details.

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