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<p>The scheme rules make it clear that no grant is payable if the employer is not
going to abide by the requirement to pay the furloughed employee 80% of their usual
monthly wage (up to a cap of £2,500). HMRC have powers to check and recover any amounts
claimed where the employee has not been paid enough.</p><p> </p><p>If workers are
concerned they are not receiving this, they should report their employer to HMRC via
the online fraud reporting tool on the Government’s website, or use HMRC’s telephone-based
fraud hotline. HMRC will continue to monitor claim data, compare against records of
earnings and review reports to their fraud hotline.</p><p> </p><p>The Government retains
the right to audit retrospectively all aspects of the scheme with scope to claw back
fraudulent claims.</p>
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