Paying your Employees

Claim for wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Use this online service to claim for your employees’ wages using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

To use the scheme, the steps you’ll need to take are:

  1. Check if you can claim
  2. Check which employees you can put on furlough
  3. Calculate 80% of your employees’ wages
  4. Claim for your employees’ wages
  5. Report a payment in PAYE Real Time Information

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended until 30 April 2021.

Claims for furlough days in December 2020 must be made by 14 January 2021.

You can no longer submit claims for claim periods ending on or before 31 October 2020.


For further information on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme