Over 1,000 applications for phase two of business support in Jersey

There has been over a thousand applications from businesses and self-employed people for the latest emergency Covid-19 support in Jersey.

Phase 2 of the Co-funded Payroll scheme, only opened this morning (01 May) with bosses looking to claim up to £1,600 per worker, per month.

The States say this will support more than 5,000 employees and over 400 sole traders.

According to Customer and Local Services these payments will start being issued from Tuesday 5 May with applications being processed this weekend.

Automated payments are due to reach applicants’ bank accounts from Thursday 7 May.

For more businesses looking to apply for phase two, here are the details:

You can claim for:

• Employees who were named on the March 2020 Social Security contributions schedule

• Full-time and part-time workers, even if they also pay Class 1 contributions through another employer

• Employees on permanent, fixed-term and zero-hour contracts who have been paid their agreed wages during the month claimed for

• Employees who are excluded from paying Contributions because of their age or because they have an Election

• Employees who have just come back from sickness or maternity leave or other unpaid leave in line with a pre-planned return

• Staff who you re-employ, who were made redundant before 1 April 2020 in the early stages of the COVID-19 disruption

• Employees working fewer than eight hours per week who were not on your contributions schedule if you can provide payslips for January, February and March 2020

You cannot claim for:

• Staff employed through a third-party, such as an employment agency or a contractor.

• Anyone who you pay more than £4,558 for the month you're claiming for (£54,696 per year)