Brendan Burgess
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This is what the Government says
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Employer COVID-19 Refund Scheme
We are encouraging employers to retain employees where possible. To facilitate this the department is setting up a refund scheme for employers which will pay them the €203 per week for each worker who would otherwise have been laid off because a business has to cease trading due to HSE advice on ‘social distancing’. This will mean that workers retain their link with employers and there is no need for them to personally submit a jobseeker's claim.
The department is considering the mechanics of the scheme, in consultation with the Revenue Commissioners. We are looking at suitable approaches so that employers and their payrolls can put it in place relatively easily.
But this is not clear.
If you own a pub and have closed it, you should pay your employees the €203 per week. You will be able to reclaim this from the government.
But what if you own a toy shop? Business has ceased. But you have not been told to close. If you pay your employees €203 a week, will you be able to reclaim it?
I suspect you will.
If business has stopped and you lay off your employees and don't pay them, they can claim the €203 a week anyway.
Brendan
[broken link removed]
Employer COVID-19 Refund Scheme
We are encouraging employers to retain employees where possible. To facilitate this the department is setting up a refund scheme for employers which will pay them the €203 per week for each worker who would otherwise have been laid off because a business has to cease trading due to HSE advice on ‘social distancing’. This will mean that workers retain their link with employers and there is no need for them to personally submit a jobseeker's claim.
The department is considering the mechanics of the scheme, in consultation with the Revenue Commissioners. We are looking at suitable approaches so that employers and their payrolls can put it in place relatively easily.
But this is not clear.
If you own a pub and have closed it, you should pay your employees the €203 per week. You will be able to reclaim this from the government.
But what if you own a toy shop? Business has ceased. But you have not been told to close. If you pay your employees €203 a week, will you be able to reclaim it?
I suspect you will.
If business has stopped and you lay off your employees and don't pay them, they can claim the €203 a week anyway.
Brendan