Important Changes to JobKeeperDeadline 31 August 2020
As you may be aware On 21 July 2020, the Government announced proposed changes to JobKeeper including an extension through to 28 March 2021 (commonly known as JobKeeper 2.0). These changes do not impact the current JobKeeper payments up until 27 September 2020, but there will be a requalification test for the second round of JobKeeper from 28 September 2020. We will provide more information regarding this in due course. In the meantime, the Government has announced that permanent employees who were hired, or turned 18, between 2 March 2020 and 1 July 2020 may now be eligible for the current JobKeeper payments. Long-term casual employees may now also be eligible if they were employed for a 12 month period as at 1 July 2020. Key points:
In summary changes from 14 August 2020 mean:
Any new eligible employees need to complete a new employee nomination notice. If you would like more detailed information please visit https://www.ato.gov.au/general/jobkeeper-payment/ If you have any questions in relation to the above information please feel free to contact our office.
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