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<p>Employees on variable pay who have been on Statutory Maternity Pay or other forms
of Parental Leave are eligible to apply for furlough pay under the Coronavirus Job
Retention Scheme. Eligible employees will be entitled to 80% of the higher rate of
two calculations: either the wages earned in the corresponding calendar period in
the tax year 2019 to 2020, or the average wages payable in the tax year 2019 to 2020.
These measures have been put in place to cover a wide range of contractual and working
arrangements and are designed to mitigate situations where individuals have low pay
in a certain month for any reason.</p>
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