{"id":144829,"date":"2020-09-27T17:18:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T17:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/?p=144829"},"modified":"2020-10-10T16:01:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T16:01:15","slug":"uk-govt-unveils-new-job-support-scheme-but-warns-it-cannot-save-every-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/uk-govt-unveils-new-job-support-scheme-but-warns-it-cannot-save-every-business\/","title":{"rendered":"UK govt unveils new job support scheme, but warns it \u2018cannot save every business\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2020.09\/thumbnail\/5f6ca19085f540225e5ff11e.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Britain\u2019s Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a new jobs support program to help firms employ people on shorter hours amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the current furlough scheme ending this month.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe government will directly support the wages of people in work,\u201d Sunak told Parliament on Thursday. It would give businesses <em>\u201cwho face depressed demand the option of keeping employees in a job on shorter hours, rather than making them redundant,\u201d<\/em> the chancellor said.<\/p>\n<p>The new Jobs Support Scheme, a part of the \u2018Winter Economy Plan\u2019, will run for six months starting in November, and will be open to all small- and medium-sized enterprises. Larger firms will only be included if their turnover has fallen during the crisis.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt will support viable jobs to make sure that employees must work at least a third of their normal hours and be paid for that work as normal by their employer,\u201d<\/em> Sunak said. Together with employers, the government<em> \u201cwill then increase those people\u2019s wages, covering two-thirds of the pay they have lost by reducing their working hours,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"media__youtube-frame lazyload\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L1Fsd_Qz2KY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The current furlough scheme, dubbed the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), will be stopped at the end of next month. It supported around nine million jobs at its peak in May.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s statistics agency estimated on Thursday that one in eight workers were being helped by the program in early September. The CJRS paid employers 80 percent of the salaries of furloughed workers, up to \u00a32,500 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Sunak admitted he<em>\u00a0\u201ccannot save every business and job\u201d<\/em>\u00a0affected by the pandemic, leaving an opening for criticism from his opponents, who have already claimed the scheme will not prevent many furloughed workers from losing their jobs.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more-big\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/501363-uk-control-labour-starmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"read-more-big__container\"><br \/>\n        <span class=\"read-more-big__content\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__subtitle\">Also on rt.com<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__title\">\u2018Government has lost control\u2019: Labour leader Starmer slams PM Johnson over handling of coronavirus crisis<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__cover lazyload\" data-bgset=\"&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2020.09\/xxs\/5f69d44585f54032b643e101.JPG 280w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2020.09\/xs\/5f69d44585f54032b643e102.JPG 320w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2020.09\/thumbnail\/5f69d44585f54032b643e100.JPG 460w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2020.09\/m\/5f69d44685f54032b643e103.JPG 540w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2020.09\/l\/5f69d44685f54032b643e104.JPG 768w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2020.09\/article\/5f69d44585f54032b643e0ff.JPG 980w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2020.09\/xxl\/5f69d44685f54032b643e105.JPG 1240w&#10;                        \" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is a [very] big change from furlough. Less generous. Only open to those who are working a third of normal hours,\u201d<\/em> Paul Johnson, the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think-tank, tweeted on Thursday. <em>\u201cUnderstandable given need to adapt as economy changes\u2026 But a lot on furlough now likely to lose their job.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minster Boris Johnson, however, said his government was doing its utmost to protect jobs and described the new economic measures as \u201ccreative and imaginative.\u201d Speaking of the finance minister\u2019s plan, Johnson said: <em>\u201cThat\u2019s the balance in this package, it\u2019s about working together to drive down the virus now, but also keep education and the economy going.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you like this story, share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/501571-uk-job-support-scheme\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/contact-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer-300x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer-150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/1\/embed?mid=1w4tN9mf5kVdBXUXTq2KvwE23NmpUzEna\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=sc635csnrm8h9s9lq0cad6vkss@group.calendar.google.com\" style=\"border:0px #ffffff none;\" name=\"myiFrame\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"1\" marginheight=\"0px\" marginwidth=\"0px\" height=\"3px\" width=\"600px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/LocalBusiness\">\n<div itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dominiclevent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Business_Solicitors_London.jpg\" width=\"600\" itemprop=\"url\"><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"name\">Dominic Levent Solicitors<\/div>\n<div>Email: <span itemprop=\"email\">Enquiries@dominiclevent.com<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Phone: <span itemprop=\"telephone\">020 8347 6640<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Url: <span itemprop=\"url\">https:\/\/www.dominiclevent.com<\/span><\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"paymentAccepted\"  style='display: none' >cash, check, credit card, invoice<\/div>\n<p>\t<meta itemprop=\"openingHours\"  style='display: none'  datetime=\"Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr 09:30-17:30\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/GeoCoordinates\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"geo\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"latitude\" content=\"51.632223\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"longitude\" content=\"0.1781417\" \/>\n\t<\/div>\n<div itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/PostalAddress\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"address\">\n<div itemprop=\"streetAddress\">1345 High Rd<\/div>\n<div><span itemprop=\"addressLocality\">London<\/span>, <span itemprop=\"addressRegion\">London<\/span> <span itemprop=\"postalCode\">N20 9HR<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a new jobs support program to help firms employ people on shorter hours amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the current furlough scheme ending this month. \u201cThe government will directly support the wages of people in work,\u201d Sunak told Parliament on Thursday. 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