Example of how to work out your claim period
Published 30 October 2020
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Example 1
AB Ltd pays its staff monthly on the last day of the month.
All of its employees have been on JSS Open temporary working agreements since 1 November 2020.
From 8 December 2020 they can submit a claim for the claim period 1 November 2020 to 30 November 2020.
Example 2
CD Ltd pays its staff monthly on the 20th of each month but the pay period runs to the last day of the month.
All of its employees have been on JSS Open temporary working agreements since 10 November 2020.
From 8 December CD Ltd can submit a claim for the claim period 10 November 2020 to 30 November 2020.
Example 3
EF Ltd pays employees weekly on Friday.
All of its employees have been on JSS Open temporary working agreements throughout November and December.
From 8 December they can submit a claim for the claim period 1 November to 27 November.
The claim period covers the following pay periods:
- 1 to 6 November
- 7 to 13 November
- 14 to 20 November
- 21 to 27 November
When they claim in December, EF Ltd will need to submit information about each of the 4 pay periods within the claim period.
In January they can submit a claim for the claim period 28 November 2020 to 25 December 2020.
The claim period covers the following pay periods:
- 28 November 2020 to 4 December 2020
- 5 December to 11 December 2020
- 12 December to 18 December 2020
- 19 December to 25 December 2020
When they claim in January, EF Ltd will need to submit information about each of the 4 pay periods within the claim period. Their next pay period is 26 December 2020 to 1 January 2021. They pay their employees early on 24 December 2020 but as the pay period ends in January 2021 it cannot be included in this claim.
Example 5
GH Ltd pays its production staff weekly on a Friday and its office staff monthly on the last day of the month. It pays both groups of staff through one PAYE scheme.
All of its employees have been on JSS Open temporary working agreements throughout November 2020 and December 2020.
From 8 December they can submit a claim for the claim period 1 November 2020 to 30 November 2020. This claim period includes the following weekly pay periods:
- 1 to 6 November 2020
- 7 to 13 November 2020
- 14 to 20 November 2020
- 21 to 27 November 2020
This claim period includes the monthly pay period - 1 to 30 November 2020
When they claim in December, GH Ltd will need to submit information about each of the 5 pay periods within the claim period (4 weeks and 1 month).
In January 2021 they can submit a claim for the claim period 28 November 2020 to 31 December 2020. This claim includes the following weekly pay periods:
- 28 November to 4 December 2020
- 5 December to 11 December 2020
- 12 December to 18 December 2020
- 19 December to 25 December 2020
This claim includes the monthly pay periods - 1 December to 31 December 2020
When they claim in January, GH Ltd will need to submit information about each of the 5 pay periods within the claim period (4 weeks and 1 month).
Example 6
IJ Ltd pays its director on an annual pay period ending 31 December each year.
The director has been on a JSS Open temporary working agreement from 1 November 2020, which continues until 31 March 2021.
In January 2021, after they pay the employee, IJ Ltd can submit a claim for the period 1 November 2020 to 31 December 2020.
IJ Ltd isn’t due to pay the employee again until 31 December 2021, which is after the Job Support Scheme ends, so they will not be able to claim for any JSS Open days in 2021.
IJ Ltd may wish to consider moving the director to a weekly or monthly pay frequency throughout January, February, March and April so that they can claim through JSS Open for those months.