The overwhelming majority of 88% of respondents stated this did not have an impact on their business, meaning only 12% confirmed that it did actually have an effect.
The comments associated with the question highlight the fact that many businesses were already observing this practice and showing this information on payslips prior to it being made mandatory.
THE CORONAVIRUS JOB RETENTION SCHEME (CJRS) AND FURLOUGH It would be plausible to state that nobody who lived through 2020 could refer back to the year without mentioning the phrases ‘coronavirus’ or ‘pandemic’. It impacted every aspect of daily human life, and payment was just one of those. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) threw a lifeline to many employers and individuals impacted by the economic turbulence posed my COVID-19, and the CIPP could not have completed a Payslip Statistics Survey for 2021 without reference to the scheme and to furlough. Howmany businesses placed staff on furlough? Although there are frequently updated statistics published by HMRC, the CIPP wanted to see how many respondents to the survey had to place staff on furlough at any point over the duration of the pandemic.
71% of responses were collected from those businesses that did place staff on furlough, whilst the remaining 29% did not. This shows how extensive use of the scheme has been, which, at the time of writing, is still open, and is due to close at the end of September 2021.
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