Important changes to how a CJRS claim will be processed through your payroll provider.
Summary
6 April 2020: HMRC has updated its guidance on the grants available under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), publishing further details about who and what is eligible. The HMRC update was released on 4 April and addressed: These new documents confirm some of the understanding we included in The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: furlough guidance as well as providing additional information. Clearly since the employer will have submitted their payroll through the Real Time Information (RTI) system, HMRC will use this to make the necessary checks. HMRC guidance makes it clear that where an employer provides benefits to furloughed employees, this should be in addition to the wages that must be paid under the terms of the Job Retention Scheme. HMRC has also confirmed that COVID-19 counts as a life event for the purposes of an employee’s right to request changes to salary sacrifice arrangements, if the employment contract is updated accordingly.