Infosys among UK firms accessing Rishi Sunak’s COVID-19 job saving scheme

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’.

The scheme was unveiled by the Indian-origin finance minister, married to Murthy’s daughter Akshata, at the peak of the crisis and is set to gradually wind down until it is fully closed at the end of October.