Furlough claims are changing from August as you can no longer claim for employer’s National Insurance Contributions or pension payments, so the amount that can be claimed is reducing.

There are changes proposed with the way employer’s National Insurance is calculated for the period of July. The proposal is more in line with the original guidance issued up to the 20th April.

There have been several changes announced for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme coming in from 1st July.

We are getting a number of enquiries about this at the moment, and there are a lot of details we just don’t know. There also seems to be some conflict between some of the announcements and Government’s official guidance. Here are some key points: