New JobKeeper Test Date for Employees and Additional Flexibility
On Friday 14 August 2020, the Treasurer released updated the JobKeeper Rules dealing with eligible employees, which apply from 3 August 2020 onwards. Specific rules dealing with JobKeeper 2.0 have not yet been released. New Test Date for Employees Under the original JobKeeper rules, an employee generally needed to have been employed by the entity […]
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JobKeeper 2.0
On 21 July 2020, the Government announced that JobKeeper 1.0 will remain until 27 September 2020, and following this JobKeeper 2.0 will continue for a further 6 months to 28 March 2021 but with tighter access and reduced rates. From 28 September 2020, employers seeking to claim JobKeeper payments will need to reassess their eligibility […]
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New $3,000 Recovery Grant for Small Business
On 16 June, the NSW Government announced that it was rolling out further support for small business. This support follows the $10,000 small business support grant which closed on 30 June. From 1 July, small businesses across NSW will be able to apply for funding of between $500 and $3,000 to help them meet the […]
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Applications Now Open for $10,000 in NSW State Government Grants
On 2 April, we published an article titled ‘Timely cashflow assistance for NSW businesses affected by the recent COVID-19 shutdowns‘. Today Service NSW has opened the applications, and you can apply for the small business COVID-19 support grant for up to $10,000 here. Before you apply, you will need: A MyServiceNSW account Proof of identity […]
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Commercial Tenancies and COVID-19
The purpose of the National Cabinet Mandatory Code of Conduct (“the Code”) is to impose a set of good faith leasing principles for application to commercial tenancies (including retail, office and industrial) between owners/operators/other landlords and tenants, where the tenant is an eligible business for the purpose of the Commonwealth Government’s JobKeeper programme. The objective […]
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