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<p>The Government has taken various steps in developing the Coronavirus Job Retention
Scheme to help ensure women are not disadvantaged.</p><p> </p><p>Employers can claim
through the CJRS for enhanced (earnings related) contractual pay for employees who
qualify for either maternity pay, adoption pay, paternity pay, or shared parental
pay. Parents who have been furloughed whose period of family-related statutory pay
begins on or after 25 April 2020 will have their entitlement calculated on the basis
of their usual earnings, and not their furloughed wages. The amount that an employee
receives in pay should not be affected due to being on furlough during the relevant
8-week period used to determine entitlement to family-related statutory payments and
the earnings-related rates of Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and
Maternity Allowance.</p><p>In addition, the Government has ensured that women returning
from maternity leave after 10 June are able to access the CJRS even if they have not
been previously furloughed.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed information is available in the
online guidance.</p><p> </p>
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