Key points
- If paying employees early for Christmas the normal payment date should be reported.
- The new extended coronavirus job retention scheme will run from 1 November 2020 to 31 March 2021.
- CJRS grants must be claimed by 14th of the next month.
- HMRC will be publishing the names of grant claimants.
- Recommendations of the Low Pay Commission to increase and extend the national living wage rate have been accepted.
- Free movement between the UK and the EU will end from January 2021 and a points-based immigration system will apply.
- Overseas workers will have to meet specific requirements to score points for a visa.
- Checklist of recommended action.
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