Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced sweeping changes to the furlough scheme – telling employers they must pick up the bill from August.
Businesses will be able to bring back staff part time from July under changes to the coronavirus job retention scheme. This will ramp up to 10% of furloughed wages in September and 20% in October.
The government will cover the remainder of wages, with a ceiling of £2,500 a month, until the end of October. Companies can be flexible with their definition of "part-time”, provided a full-time employee has not returned to normal hours.
The Treasury said: "Individual firms will decide the hours and shift patterns their employees will work on their return, so that they can decide on the best approach for them -