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  • This measure is not yet law and the Federal Government is sitting Weds 8th to pass the law. It is expected to be unopposed. You should consult your own legal advice if you are wondering if you should enact this measure before the legislation is passed. 
  • Things are changing regurlarly in this difficult situation. The criteria on who this applies to appears to be being reviewed and may be expanded. https://treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-04/Fact_sheet_Info_for_Employers_0.pdf
  • The ATO has not provided guidance on how this should be processed although they indicated in a webinar the payment may be an Allowance with an STP category of Other. 
  • We are considering if we can automate the most basic requirement to simply top up an employees pay to $1500 per fortnight (Equivalent). If possible we will notify customers and we are likely to require that customers request this update via an online form. Additional complexities or other variations will need to be manually managed by customer. Customer will be responsible for updating impacted employees prior to processing payroll. 
  • Many variations and scenarios may exist which impact exactly how this is applied in the system which we may have never encountered before and currently have no guidance from ATO or FWA. Eg. (Salary Sacrifice, Leave, Part period and pro rata payments, Stand down leave)
  • Please be patient with our support staff who are doing their best to get their heads around this measure and the numerous other variations in payments we are now encountering. Support is experiencing higher than usual volumes of requests so non-urgent responses may be delayed. 
  • If you read everything below you will be just as informed as us!

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Under the JobKeeper Payment, businesses impacted by the coronavirus will be able to access a subsidy from the Government to continue paying their employees. Affected 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.


Please see links below for more information regarding this. As an employer it is your responsibility to understand and comply with legislation. Please ensure you read below to understand elegibility critieria for your company and your employees. 

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To receive the JobKeeper Payment, employers must:

  • Register an intention to apply on the ATO website Apply at ato.gov.au and assess that they have or will likely experience the required the required turnover decline.
  • Provide information to the ATO on all eligible employees. This includes information on the number of eligible employees eligible employees engaged as at 1 March 2020 and those currently employed by the business  or not-for-profit (including those stood down or rehiredre-hired). For most businesses , the ATO or not-for-profits, the ATO will use Single Touch Payroll   data to pre-populate the employee details for the business or not-for-profit.
  • Ensure that each eligible employee receives at least $1,500 per fortnight (before tax). For employees that were already receiving this amount from the employer then their income will not changeEmployees who receive $1,500 per fortnight or more from their employer will continue to receive their regular income according to their prevailing workplace arrangements. For employees that have been receiving been receiving less than this amount, the employer will now need to top up the payment to the employee up to pay them, at a minimum, $1,500 , per fortnight before tax. And for those employees earning more than this amount, the employer is able to provide them with a top-up.
  • Notify all eligible employees that they are receiving the JobKeeper Payment.
  • Continue to provide information to the ATO on a monthly basis, including the number of eligible employees employed by the business.

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