We are all living and working through Lockdown 2, with the Christmas period approaching we are all thinking about how Lockdown will be released and what will replace it, our team will review and advise you all once we have been updated by Government as to the most relevant guidance and rules your business needs to follow.
The most significant update in terms of the extension of the Job Retention scheme was well received by many businesses and our advice on how to ensure that our clients can fully benefit continues, today we need to advise you all of some technical updates or clarifications to the scheme that you need to be aware of.
The guidance on collecting and recording details of staff, visitors, customers and contractors that visit your business premises, has also been updated, we encourage you all to read and implement the relevant guidance as the fines for not collecting data and making it available to NHS test and trace are significant.
Collecting contact details and maintaining records for NHS Test and Trace is a legal requirement and failure to comply is punishable by a fine:
The person responsible for the organisation is liable. This could be the owner, proprietor or manager with overall responsibility of the organisation, business or service.
For the extended Job Retention Scheme, also known as furlough, HMRC have introduced tight deadlines for submitting claims for each calendar month. The claim has to be submitted within two weeks of the end of the previous calendar month (see below) unless there is a “reasonable excuse for failing to make a claim in time”. Yesterday, 19 November 2020, the government amended its guidance to give examples of what it meant by a ‘reasonable excuse’, which have been summarised below.
These are the deadlines:
The HMRC guidance states that the following examples ‘may’ amount to a reasonable excuse for missing the deadline:
Added cinemas, concert venues and theatres to the list of venues that must have a system in place to request and record contact details of their customers, visitors and staff to help break the chains of transmission of coronavirus. Added clarification that indoor sports and leisure centres includes gyms.
To manage this risk, establishments in the following sectors, whether indoor or outdoor venues or mobile settings, must request contact details from staff, customers and visitors, and display the official NHS QR code poster:
A full list of organisations within scope in these sectors can be found in annex A.
Follow the link for the full detailed guidance update.
Please call us should you need further assistance in relation to these updates or discuss in detail with your lead consultant on your next, MS Teams online meeting or Telephone call.
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