If you have found yourself querying the ‘termination date’ box on the Covid-19 support scheme form you are not alone. We have had many employers contact us asking us: if they have put their employee on lay-off what do they do with this box?
ESA contacted the DESP (Department of Enterprise and Social Protection) and put the question to them. We have been told that the date to enter is the date that the employee last worked.
The DESP will then liase with Revenue so that Revenue do not not confirm that date as being a date of termination and no P45 is issued.
Also, payment of the benefit is made on a Tuesday – if you submit a claim for your employee before 4pm on the previous Thursday they should get their first payment the following Tuesday.
Stay safe and keep washing your hands!