Second phase of the JobKeeper extension now upon us

Andy Hutt outlines the requirements for businesses claiming the JobKeeper payment into 2021.

The second phase of the JobKeeper payment extension commenced on 4 January 2021 and will run for 12 weeks until 28 March 2021. An employer may be eligible for JobKeeper during this second phase of the extension, even if it was not eligible during either of the two previous JobKeeper periods (which ended on 27 September 2020 and 3 January 2021). Employers who would like to claim the wage subsidy for this period must assess their eligibility by applying the decline in turnover test for the qu...

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Authors: Andy Hutt

Published Date: 21 January 2021