The U.K. is extending a worker furlough program — which pays people idled by the coronavirus pandemic up to about $3,088 a month — through the end of October.
A man with"flu world order" written on his back walks in London on Tuesday, as the U.K. continues its lockdown. The U.K. is doubling the length of its worker furlough program, citing the need to help employees when the economy reopens.A man with"flu world order" written on his back walks in London on Tuesday, as the U.K. continues its lockdown. The U.K. is doubling the length of its worker furlough program, citing the need to help employees when the economy reopens.The U.K.
is extending a worker furlough program that pays people idled by the COVID-19 pandemic up to around $3,088 a month, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak says the program will now run through the end of October. The government is doubling the original four-month timeline, he said, to support workers when the economy starts to emerge from a crippling shutdown.The U.K.'s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is similar to the beleaguered Paycheck Protection Program in the U.S.
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