The amount employers can claim from the furlough scheme will drop from 80% to 70% in September and down to 60% in October. The scheme is due to finish at the end of October. Redundancies are predicted and clients will have to consider claiming benefits. Over 9 million workers have been furloughed since March.
A summary of changes to the scheme is given below.
The government has said that people with coronavirus and their contacts are to be paid to self-isolate in local lockdown areas. It will be available to people currently receiving either Universal Credit or Working Tax Credit. Starting with a trial in Blackburn with Darwen, Pendle and Oldham to ensure the process works, eligible individuals who test positive with the virus will receive £130 for their 10- day period of self-isolation. Other members of their household, who have to self- isolate for 14 days, will be entitled to a payment of £182, as will non-household contacts advised to self-isolate through NHS Test and Trace.
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