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How does the Covid-19 furlough scheme work?
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The Government's scheme to help pay people's wages and support businesses during the coronavirus outbreak goes live at 8am today.
The Coronavirus Job Retention scheme will give people 80 per cent of their usual earnings, meaning that they can be furloughed rather than laid off from their place of work as businesses try to cope with the fallout from Covid-19.
If you are furloughed then your employer is keeping you on the payroll while a business has less work than normal. While on furlough you cannot undertake work for or on behalf of your employer.Many shops, restaurants, hotels and other service industries in the UK have found themselves with no customers after being forced to close during the pandemic, and many other firms have had work
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