Employee eligibility for Job Support Scheme in the UK

This scheme has been designed to support viable jobs and employees must work at least one-third of their hours, paid as normal, in order to qualify for the scheme.

The Job Support Scheme

The government and employer will then each cover one-third of any remaining hours the employee is not working. Employees will therefore forego one-third of their pay for the hours that they have not been working. The maximum amount of the government contribution to the scheme will be capped at £697.92 per employee per month. 

To be eligible, employees must meet the following conditions:  

·        Be registered on their employers PAYE payroll on or before 23 September 2020. This means a Real Time Information (RTI) submission notifying payment in respect of that employee must have been made to HMRC on or before 23 September 2020.

·        For the first three months of the scheme, from 1 November 2020 – 31 January 2021, the employee must work at least 33% of their usual hours. After the first 3 months of the scheme, the government will consider whether to increase this minimum hour’s threshold.

·        Employees will be able to cycle on and off the scheme and do not have to be working the same pattern each month, but each short-time working arrangement must cover a minimum period of seven days. Any changes to the employment contract must be made by agreement and notified in writing. 

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