The Department for Education provides 30 hours free childcare to eligible three and four year-olds in England and has seen 180,000 applications and around 430,000 reconfirmations for 30 hours places since March 2020 which demonstrates the importance of protecting parents’ eligibility.
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HMRC webinars: Coronavirus-related measures and the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme 29 October 2020
As businesses are aware, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is due to close on 31 October 2020, and any claims must be made on, or prior to, 30 November 2020. The Job Support Scheme (JSS) will then open on 1 November 2020, and associated claims can be submitted from 8 December 2020. In addition to this, eligible employers may be entitled to claim the Job Retention Bonus (JRB). Due to all of the changes, HMRC is running a series of webinars, designed to assist employers with the measures implemented to help them, and their employees, through the outbreak of coronavirus, The COVID-19 support for employers is a live webinar, and will provide a roundup of the CJRS, and how to claim. It will also discuss the latest guidance on the JRB, including information on checking if employees are eligible, what can be claimed, and what can be done now to prepare. There will also be an introduction to the JSS, providing detail relating to businesses to ensure that they get the right assistance, at the right time, depending on their situation. The webinars will be updated as and when the latest information becomes available.
Monthly webinars on the topic of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme are also being hosted. These sessions will confirm:
Who can claim
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• When to start paying Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) • Who can be claimed for • How to make a claim • What businesses may be entitled to • Maintaining records
There will be the opportunity to ask questions within the on-screen text box throughout the duration of the webinars.
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Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme: Update 30 October 2020
HMRC has updated its guidance in relation to the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Rebate Scheme, to confirm that employers may ask employees to provide a ‘shielding note’ or letter from their doctor or health authority, because employees are not required to provide a doctor's fit note in order for their employer to make a claim.
Individuals who are advised to shield are told to do so because they’re at high risk of severe illness from coronavirus.
The most recent guidance on payment of SSP for shielding is that shielding is still grounds for payment of SSP in areas in which local lockdown is being imposed, but has been paused on a national level. How this translates in terms of covid risk rate tiers is not yet known but if employees are provided with a shielding note or letter then this can be sufficient grounds to pay SSP.
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HMRC webinar: extension to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
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Payroll: need to know
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