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Infosys among UK firms accessing Rishi Sunak's Covid-19 job saving scheme

Under the provisions, the government covers 80 per cent of salaries of furloughed staff, up to the value of GBP 2,500 a month, in order to prevent companies having to resort to redundancies

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak arrives at Downing Street as the government is expected to publish an emergency coronavirus powers Bill, in London, Thursday March 19, 2020 | AP/PTI

BS Web Team PTI New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : May 31 2020 | 8:24 PM IST

Indian software major Infosys is among the many UK companies to benefit from UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, it emerged on Sunday.

Infosys, co-founded by Sunak's father-in-law Narayana Murthy, said it had used the furlough - or forced leave - option for 3 per cent of its staff in order to tide through the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the deadly virus.

"In light of the current situation, Infosys has furloughed 3 per cent of its UK workforce. We are reviewing this on a weekly basis, Infosys told The Sunday Times'.

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