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<p>The furlough scheme will remain open until October. It is right that in the final
months of this eight-month scheme, the Government asks employers to make a reasonable
contribution towards their employees’ wages.</p><p> </p><p>An early assessment of
CJRS claims suggested that about 40% of employers had not made a claim for employer
NICs costs or employer pension contributions and so were likely to be unaffected by
the change in August, assuming their employment patterns did not change.</p><p> </p><p>If
an average claim lasted 8 months, the total cost of employer contributions would represent
5% of the gross employment costs an employer would have incurred had the employee
not been furloughed.</p>
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