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<p>Education is a devolved matter, therefore the following information applies to
schools in England.</p><p>Schools in England will continue to receive their budgets
for the coming year as usual, regardless of any periods of partial or complete closure.
Schools have autonomy over these budgets and their employment arrangements and decisions
on staffing are made at the local level.</p><p>If supply staff employed via employment
agencies are unable to work due to COVID-19, their employment agency can place them
on furlough and use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to claim for 80% of
their wages, including during school holiday periods, provided that the eligibility
criteria are met. Details about the CJRS and eligibility criteria can be found here:
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-which-employees-you-can-put-on-furlough-to-use-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-which-employees-you-can-put-on-furlough-to-use-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p><p>Employers
can now flexibly furlough their employees for the hours the employee would usually
have worked in that period, whilst also being able to work outside of the hours they
are furloughed, details of which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme#flexible-furlough-agreements"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme#flexible-furlough-agreements</a>.
Employees can work for any amount of time, and any work pattern but they cannot do
any work for their employer during hours that employers record them as being on furlough.</p><p>The
decision to furlough an employee, fully or flexibly, is entirely at the employer's
discretion as it is dependent on a range of factors that the employer is best placed
to determine, for example, the amount of work available for employees.</p>
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