🆕 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
Previously businesses needed to show a decline in turnover of at least 30% over a minimum two-week period compared to the same period in 2019. However, this has now been updated to also include the same period in 2020 or the two-week period before the Greater Sydney lock began (11 June 2021 to 25 June 2021).
🆕 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗼𝗯𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿
It is not a requirement that you keep paying your employees whilst your business is receiving JobSaver. It is only a requirement that you 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 by keeping them on your books.
Employees that have been stood down under the Fair Work Act 2009 or take leave without pay will still be consider employees for the purposes of the headcount, and these employees will be able to apply for the COVID-19 Disaster Payment instead.
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: