Changes to COVID-19 Government Guidance

In continuing our support of companies operating in the fenestration sector we would like to bring to your attention changes that have been made to COVID-19 Government guidance and support documents of which a considerable amount of have been updated over the weekend.

We have separated out those that we believe are important to our companies and provided a list with associated links. These relate to changes in the Job Retention Scheme and Self-employment Income Support Scheme.

The changed documents are:

Find examples to help calculate your employees’ wages

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/find-examples-to-help-you-work-out-80-of-your-employees-wages?utm_source=b473fe86-d0d2-4a06-ba3e-2ebd8272ce07&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

Calculate how much you can claim using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/calculate-how-much-you-can-claim-using-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme?utm_source=eb6fb9b0-8fd2-42e9-b905-adaf3ebcdb1f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

Claim for wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wages-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme?utm_source=24e697a9-a8bb-4654-9809-971bf13e2423&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme?utm_source=f85a4ebf-b1bb-42a6-8196-3b5fe4f2e2b8&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

Steps to take before calculating your claim using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/steps-to-take-before-calculating-your-claim-using-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme?utm_source=8f006c27-4f6f-453f-910d-11535f9f0838&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

Check which employees you can put on furlough to use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-which-employees-you-can-put-on-furlough-to-use-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme?utm_source=e3434b48-9be3-4c7a-85a1-2328883c95fb&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

Check if you can claim for your employees’ wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme?utm_source=7273b086-f29d-46e4-88a5-097f0bf2d886&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

How different circumstances affect the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-different-circumstances-affect-the-self-employment-income-support-scheme?utm_source=23165cd4-d71f-42f3-b118-43068c375bfb&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

Check if you can claim a grant through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme?utm_source=bd4349b3-a5ca-4a7d-a74b-9a07f66d2971&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

If you would like to review all the documents that have been issued then please visit https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus