Businesses will have to pay at least a fifth of the wages of furloughed employees from August, despite the Government extending the scheme to October, it's been reported.
Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is expected to this week announce latest changes to the scheme - which will include firms covering 20% to 30% of workers' wages as it's wound down.
Under new terms being drafted up, employers will be allowed to take furloughed workers back part-time, and all firms using the coronavirus job retention scheme will be required to make the payments, even if they remain closed, according to The Times.
A Treasury source told the publisher: "We’ve got two full months of support left and afterwards the government will help to pay people’s wages, but it’s