Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme & New Employees

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If there was a lockdown forcing our business to close during October, am I right in assuming that any new employees taken on over the summer wouldn't be eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme? The new extended Job Support Scheme wouldn't apply until November. That means that we wouldn't have any support to cover new employees' pay.

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    Hey Lowri Slight smile

    Thanks for using Sage City!

    You're correct in what you say regarding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, employees had to have been furloughed for a three week period prior to June 30th to be eligible for this scheme. 

    Apologies that there was not a more positive answer for you here.

    Kind Regards

    Dan Poole

    Sage UKI