Rishi Sunak
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a package of measures aimed at protecting employees during the coronavirus crisis.
The government will pay 80% of salary for staff who are unable to work but who are kept on by their employer, up to a maximum of £2,500 a month, under what is being called a ‘job retention scheme’.
The wage subsidy will also apply to firms that have already had to make workers redundant due to the coronavirus, so long as they are brought back into the workforce and given a leave of absence instead.
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