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The furlough scheme has been extended until the end of April 2021 with the government continuing to contribute 80% towards wages – giving businesses and employees across the UK certainty into the New Year, the Chancellor announced today.
These tables provide analysis of Wave 6 of the Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS). This complements the analysis of BICS by focusing on the workforce furloughed across responding businesses.
More than one million workers came off furlough in the four weeks between the end of April and the end of May alone, which coincided with the start of restrictions being lifted and non-essential retail, restaurants and pubs reopening.
Time series and statistics as at 30 September 2021 on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, with analysis by scheme size, sector, geography, age, gender, estimated annual pay and flexible furlough.
More than a quarter of a million workers left the furlough scheme in August – an 85% reduction since its peak, according to new statistics published today.
Time series and statistics as at 28 February 2021 on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, with analysis by scheme size, sector, geography, gender and flexible furlough.
Time series and statistics as at 31 August 2021 on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, with analysis by scheme size, sector, geography, age, gender, estimated annual pay and flexible furlough.
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Businesses will have the flexibility to bring furloughed employees back to work part time from today (1 July) as part of the government’s plan to re-open the UK and kick-start our economy.
950,000 workers got back to work part-time in July according to new figures.
Find out if you can make a late claim if you’ve missed the deadline and how to do this. You can also check guidance for the scheme.
More than half of those furloughed since May returned to work by mid-August according to data published by the Office for National Statistics.
Statement, as delivered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, on 5 November 2020.
People on paternity and maternity leave who return to work in the coming months will be eligible for the government’s furlough scheme, HM Treasury announced today (9 June).
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