JobKeeper wage condition: Further guidance for employers who operate a monthly payroll

Andy Hutt and Jenny Wong discuss the latest guidance regarding the JobKeeper payment.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has added to its website guidance for employers in terms of how employers can meet the wage condition for the JobKeeper payment eligibility.The JobKeeper Rules require an employer who operates a monthly payroll to allocate the monthly amount it pays between JobKeeper fortnights in a reasonable manner, in order to demonstrate that it has met the wage condition for those fortnights.  Where an employee works an even and consistent amount in the JobKeeper...

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Authors: Andy Hutt, Jenny Wong

Published Date: 02 June 2020