Jobkeeper Calendar
What you need to do.
Jobkeeper calendar. Jobkeeper fortnights that have already occurred 30 march 19 april will be topped up retrospectively for those eligible employees that earned less than 1 500 gross. We pay you for each eligible employee monthly in arrears jobkeeper payments began in the first week of may 2020. While touted as pretty close to a form of socialism by sky news commentator peta credlin the jobkeeper payments are in fact intended as a.
To determine what fortnight you commenced paying an employee the jobkeeper payment refer to the ato s jobkeeper fortnight calendar displayed at the start of this article. Prior to federal government intervention in australia covid 19 and the ensuing shutdown has had a swift and dramatic impact on employment relations. As an employer you ll receive 1 500 from us per employee per fortnight as long as you and your employees meet the eligibility criteria.
Current impact and outcomes. Amount of jobkeeper payment. To claim jobkeeper payments for the august jobkeeper fortnights you must enrol for jobkeeper and identify your eligible employees by 31 august.
Description must be jobkeeper start fnxx where xx refers to the fortnightly periods from which the payment first started. Employers faced uncertainty about their ability to make necessary workplace changes such as the right to stand down employees due to a significant downturn in business. Pay your eligible employee a minimum of 1500 before tax for each of jobkeeper fortnights 1 and 2 before 8 may.
That there will be potentially more closures of businesses through that last quarter of this calendar year. An extension of the program to 28 march 2021. Cross check the dates allocated to each fortnight with the date you paid the employee.
Complete the ato online forms. To indicate the first jobkeeper fortnightly period for which the subsidy is payable an extra description needs to be added. 21 july 2020 extension of the jobkeeper payment program.
Complete step 1 enrol for jobkeeper fortnights 1 and 2 and may fortnights. Jobkeeper 2 0 cuts the 1500 a fortnight payments to 1200 for full time employees and 750 for part time workers for the last quarter of the calendar year then to 1000 and 650 respectively. For example if you paid an employee the jobkeeper payment for the first time on the.
The government has announced proposed changes to the jobkeeper payment program including. The federal government s jobkeeper allowance introduced on april 8 made way for payments of 750 a week per employee to bosses whose businesses have been impacted by the covid 19 crisis. Pay cycle ending pay date corresponding jobkeeper fortnight 29 mar 31 mar jobkeeper fortnight 1 30 3 12 4.
Jobkeeper fortnight 2 13 april to 26 april.