Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was a UK government furlough program introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to subsidize employee wages and prevent mass unemployment.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme canonical | 2 |
| CJRS | 1 |
| UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough scheme) | 1 |
| UK economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic | 1 |
| UK furlough scheme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1265650 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Context triple: [Rishi Sunak, notablePolicy, Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme]
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A.
Universal Credit
Universal Credit is a UK welfare benefit that combines several means-tested payments into a single monthly payment for people on low incomes or out of work.
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B.
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program
The Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program is a federal initiative that helps U.S. companies hurt by import competition become more competitive through technical assistance and business improvement projects.
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C.
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a government funding programme designed to reduce regional inequalities and support local economic growth and community development across the United Kingdom.
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D.
SaBRE (Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers)
SaBRE (Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers) is a UK initiative that promotes, facilitates, and strengthens cooperation between employers and members of the Army Reserve.
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E.
Employment and Support Allowance
Employment and Support Allowance is a UK social security benefit that provides financial support and work-related assistance to people whose ability to work is limited by illness or disability.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Target entity description: The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was a UK government furlough program introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to subsidize employee wages and prevent mass unemployment.
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A.
Universal Credit
Universal Credit is a UK welfare benefit that combines several means-tested payments into a single monthly payment for people on low incomes or out of work.
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B.
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program
The Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program is a federal initiative that helps U.S. companies hurt by import competition become more competitive through technical assistance and business improvement projects.
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C.
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a government funding programme designed to reduce regional inequalities and support local economic growth and community development across the United Kingdom.
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D.
SaBRE (Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers)
SaBRE (Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers) is a UK initiative that promotes, facilitates, and strengthens cooperation between employers and members of the Army Reserve.
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E.
Employment and Support Allowance
Employment and Support Allowance is a UK social security benefit that provides financial support and work-related assistance to people whose ability to work is limited by illness or disability.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
COVID-19 pandemic response measure
ⓘ
furlough scheme ⓘ government economic support program ⓘ |
| administeredBy | HM Revenue and Customs ⓘ |
| allowed | flexible furlough ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
ⓘ
surface form:
CJRS
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ⓘ
surface form:
UK furlough scheme
|
| announcedBy | Rishi Sunak ⓘ |
| announcedByOffice | Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ |
| announcedOn | 2020-03-20 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
UK employers
ⓘ
employees on PAYE payroll ⓘ |
| condition | employees could not do work for their employer during full furlough hours ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| covers | gross salary up to a monthly cap ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
cost to public finances
ⓘ
potential to support non-viable jobs ⓘ |
| eligibilityCutoffDateChangedOn | 2020-06-30 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2021-09-30 ⓘ |
| excludes |
dividends
ⓘ
self-employed workers ⓘ |
| extendedOn |
2020-05-12
ⓘ
2020-11-05 ⓘ 2021-03-03 ⓘ |
| firstClaimsOpenDate | 2020-04-20 ⓘ |
| flexibleFurloughDescription | employees could work part-time and be furloughed for the remaining hours ⓘ |
| flexibleFurloughIntroducedOn | 2020-07-01 ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
UK central government
|
| impact | reduced immediate unemployment during COVID-19 lockdowns ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
HM Treasury
ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form:
UK Government
|
| initialWageSupportCapPerMonth | 2500 GBP ⓘ |
| initialWageSupportRate | 80 percent of usual wages ⓘ |
| introducedDuring | COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ |
| laterGovernmentContributionRate |
60 percent of wages
ⓘ
70 percent of wages ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Coronavirus Act 2020 ⓘ |
| maximumGovernmentContributionRate | 80 percent of wages ⓘ |
| mechanism | government pays a percentage of usual wages for furloughed employees ⓘ |
| peakMonthlyCostEstimate | around 14 billion GBP ⓘ |
| peakNumberOfJobsSupported | around 9 million jobs ⓘ |
| policyArea |
fiscal policy
ⓘ
labour market policy ⓘ |
| praisedFor | protecting jobs during lockdowns ⓘ |
| purpose |
to prevent mass unemployment
ⓘ
to subsidize employee wages ⓘ to support businesses affected by COVID-19 restrictions ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Business rates relief in response to COVID-19
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Kickstart Scheme ⓘ Self-Employment Income Support Scheme ⓘ |
| requiredStatus | employees designated as furloughed ⓘ |
| sectorCoverage |
charities
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private sector ⓘ public sector in limited cases ⓘ |
| startDate | 2020-03-01 ⓘ |
| totalCostEstimate | tens of billions of GBP ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Description of subject: The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was a UK government furlough program introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to subsidize employee wages and prevent mass unemployment.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rishi Sunak
this entity surface form:
UK economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic
this entity surface form:
CJRS
this entity surface form:
UK furlough scheme
subject surface form:
Rishi Sunak
this entity surface form:
UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough scheme)