Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » Great Britain: job retention system extended until the end of October Great Britain: job retention system extended until the end of October After hinting that it wanted to end its pandemic job retention scheme as soon as possible, the UK government switched tack, and on 12 May announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which was due to end on 30 June, would be extended for at least 4 months. During the summer it will be made more flexible in order to combine part-time work with this ‘furlough’ scheme that has HR experts argue has already saved millions of jobs. Through . Published on 13 May 2020 à 14h35 - Update on 13 May 2020 à 16h09 Resources Introduced in March, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will now be extended until the end of October at least. The scheme allows companies to ask the State to pay 80% of their employees’ salaries (monthly per salary cap of £2,500 (€2,830), c.f. article No.11747). This ‘furlough’ scheme that was established to counter the economic consequences of the coronavirus will remain in place in its current form until the end of July.… Managing the fallout of Covid-19 Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels