The coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) closes to new
entrants on 30 June 2020. From that date, employers will only be able to
furlough employees they have previously furloughed for a full three-week
period. This means that the final date by which an employer could furlough an
employee for the first time was 10 June.
On 9 June, however, the Treasury announced
that parents on statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental or
parental bereavement leave, and who return to work ‘after a long period of
absence’, will be permitted to be furloughed, even after the 10 June cut-off
date. This will only apply where the employer has previously furloughed
employees.
The coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) closes to new
entrants on 30 June 2020. From that date, employers will only be able to
furlough employees they have previously furloughed for a full three-week
period. This means that the final date by which an employer could furlough an
employee for the first time was 10 June.
On 9 June, however, the Treasury announced
that parents on statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental or
parental bereavement leave, and who return to work ‘after a long period of
absence’, will be permitted to be furloughed, even after the 10 June cut-off
date. This will only apply where the employer has previously furloughed
employees.
