Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued its sixth update to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Guidance (Guidance). Separately, the UK Treasury has issued a Treasury Direction (Direction) to HMRC setting out the legal framework for the Scheme. There are few points that have been clarified in the Guidance, but there is one glaring inconsistency between the Guidance and the Direction that will be of understandable concern to employers – the requirement that there is a written record of the furlough arrangement.
UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Significant Developments
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Chris Lynn focuses his practice on employment law. He advises clients across a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, such as redundancy, performance management, disciplinary, TUPE transfers, sexual harassment, managing long-term sickness absence and discrimination. He has regularly delivered training to clients in both group and one-on-one sessions. Read Chris Lynn's full bio.

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