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• You’ve already heard about JobKeeper. If not check out our first JobKeeper blog post 

 

• You’ve already ascertained whether or not JobKeeper applies to you/your employees and and adjusted your pay templates. If not check out our second JobKeeper blog post

What next?

• Send the ‘JobKeeper Employee Nomination Notice’ to all eligible employees and have them return it signed & completed by the end of April 2020. (Keep copies on file, for us, for tax time)

 

• Continue to pay at least $1,500 to each eligible employee per JobKeeper fortnight (the first JobKeeper fortnight is the period from 30 March to 12 April 2020)

 

• Be sure to check back here for the next update!

 

If you’re still a bit unsure, no problem, give as a call on (02) 8814 5677

 

 

 

JobKeeper or not?

By now you should have ascertained whether or not your business qualifies for the new JobKeeper Assistance package.

If so, you should have registered your intent, with the Australian Taxation Office, and received your text reply.

 

What you need to do from 30 March 2020

As advised in our previous post, this package comes into effect from 30 March 2020 and will have affected the first pay run after this date.

Therefore, you need to adjust your payroll system for those employees whose pay will change as a result of this package.

 

Yes/No? What next?

We have prepared a decision tree, to help determine if an employee is affected and what therefore needs to be done to their pay template.

Click here to view our JobKeeper Decision Tree

 

Feel free to contact us if you are unsure of what you need to do or if you need help amending last week’s pay.

 

 

Last night saw the next stage of the Federal Governments economic relief package – JobKeeper Payment.

EMPLOYERS

In short eligible employers will be able to claim a fortnightly payment of $1,500 per eligible employee from 30 March 2020, for a maximum period of 6 months.

Eligible Employers are those where:

• their business has a turnover of less than $1 billion and their turnover will be reduced by more than 30 per cent relative to a comparable period a year ago (of at least a month).

For more information for employers follow this link.

 

Eligible employees are employees who:

• are currently employed by the eligible employer (or were employed by the employer at 1^st March 2020 but have since been stood down);
• are full-time, part-time, or long-term casuals (a casual employed on a regular basis for longer than 12 months as at 1 March 2020);
• are at least 16 years of age;
• are an Australian citizen, the holder of a permanent visa, a Protected Special Category Visa Holder, a non-protected Special Category Visa Holder who has been residing continually in Australia for 10 years or more, or a Special Category (Subclass 444) Visa Holder; and
• are not in receipt of a JobKeeper Payment from another employer.

Employers should register at https://www.ato.gov.au/Job-keeper-payment/

EMPLOYEES

You will receive a notification from your employer, that you’re receiving the JobKeeper Payment.

What do you need to do as an employee?

If you’re an Australian citizen and only have one employer, then you don’t need to do anything.

If not…read on!

Employees in the following circumstances will have additional obligations.

• Employees that have multiple employers must notify the employer that is their primary employer.
• Employees that are not Australian citizens must notify their employer of their visa status, to allow
their employer to determine if they are an eligible employee.
• Employees that are currently in receipt of an income support payment should advise Services
Australia of their change in circumstances online at my.gov.au or by telephone.

For more information for employees follow this link.

 

As always, feel free to give us a call for any further clarification or if you have any questions.