Displaying CJRS payments on payslips As the survey centres on payslips and what they show, the CIPP wanted to ask in businesses that did opt to top up pay, how was this detailed on payslips.
Were the furlough and top-up elements split out, or was it just shown as normal pay?
The responses show that the majority of businesses chose to separate furlough and top-up pay out, but there were also a large number who simply displayed it as normal pay.
Anecdotal evidence from the survey suggests a trend for displaying pay as normal pay where full furlough applied, but for splitting the pay elements out once flexible furlough was introduced.
CJRS queries On a more general level, and out of genuine curiosity, the CIPP wanted to establish if, along with the CJRS and furlough, came a flurry of questions for payroll professionals. Payroll professionals were responsible for business as usual items, and for paying employees both accurately and on time, but also had to administer a brand new scheme and answer any queries that were received in relation to it. This was asked as an open-ended question and responses varied from staunch ‘No’s’ to those who admitted to feeling completely overwhelmed with the volume of CJRS queries. The main theme of those questions seemed to relate to how figures had been established, due to a general lack of understanding of the associated calculations. The arrival of flexible furlough seemed to bring with it an influx of additional queries for payroll teams.
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