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Tax and reporting rules for employers providing payments to cover loss of earnings
As an employer, you have certain tax, National Insurance and reporting…
If the lost-time payment only replaces an employee’s lost earnings, you…
If the lost-time payment is more than an employee’s lost earnings, you…
The following guides contain more detailed information: employment income:…
If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice
Your employer is insolvent if it cannot pay its debts. They might: make…
You have different rights depending on whether your employer: makes you…
What money you’re entitled to depends on: how long you were employed what…
You’re eligible to apply if: you were an employee you’re a UK or EEA…
It usually takes up to 6 weeks to get your payment but can take longer.…
Guidance for local authorities on how to access the local government income compensation scheme for lost sales, fees and charges as a result of COVID-19.
A guide to applying for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
How to make debt deductions from an employee's pay because of an 'attachment of earnings order' (AEO) from a court. Includes information from the withdrawn A/E guidance.
Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back.
When debt payments can be taken from your wages, changing how much you pay, paying it off early, and reporting a change to your circumstances
Find out how to pay all or some of your grant back, make a voluntary repayment or what you need to do if you have not paid your staff enough after claiming the grant.
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
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