Badenoch and Strathspey MP adds voice to 'furlough' reminders
SNP MP Drew Hendry has added his own reminder to businesses that the deadline to register employees for furlough is looming.
Last calls must be in by Wednesday (June 11).
Under the current furlough scheme, employers will permanently lose the chance to take advantage of the scheme if their employee is not registered for furlough by then.
Mr Hendry is urging businesses to get their employees registered.
The furlough scheme was set up in the wake of the Covid 19 crisis to protects 80 per cent of staff wages via UK Government funding.
Earlier this month the Chancellor announced an extension to the furlough scheme to October 31, but as things stand, employers must have employees registered this week if they are to receive furlough pay.
Mr Hendry has written to the Chancellor to ask for the deadline to be extended, highlighting that businesses will need flexible support over the coming months.
“While the introduction of the flexible furlough from the 1st of July will help some businesses starting recovery, the fact that new employees would need to be registered by the 10th of June make this unworkable.
“The deadline for registering new employees also needs to be extended if not; we will see yet another group of people shut out of support because of arbitrary red tape.
“The Chancellor needs to ensure the furlough scheme works for businesses, and I’ve urged him to review this deadline and his plans for a blanket approach to employer contributions.”