Click here to download PDF What lockdown support is available to Victorian businesses? Support is available if you are impacted by the Victorian lockdowns. A series of grants and top-up grants are available to support Victorian business. There are two main streams for grants in Victoria: New grants – Grants or
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Click here to download PDF What lockdown support is available? If you can’t work because you or someone in your household is impacted by COVID-19, support is available. There are three types of payments accessible to individuals who have lost work because of the pandemic: the COVID-19 Disaster Payment; ‘Top
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Support is available if you are impacted by the Victorian lockdowns. Support for my business Top-up support The Victorian Government has announced new cash grants for businesses impacted by the lockdown declared on 15 July 2021. The cash grants will be paid automatically to businesses that successfully received a grant from the Business Costs Assistance
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Click here for PDF The highly infectious Delta COVID variant is triggering lock-downs across the country. We look at what help is available and how you can get it. For you COVID-19 disaster payment The COVID-19 disaster payment is available to eligible workers who can’t attend work or who have lost income because of a
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Download PDF version here The first tranche of JobKeeper ended on 27 September 2020. We look at the issues for those seeking to qualify for the second tranche of JobKeeper and for those no longer eligible. Wrapping up JobKeeper If your business is no longer eligible for JobKeeper payments, there are a few
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Over 2 days, the Victorian Government has announced two new support packages delivering over $3 billion in “cash grants, tax relief and cashflow support.” There are almost no details on the packages as yet – just the announcements. We will bring you more as soon as they are released. And, some of the $3 billion appears
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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
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Download PDF version here Help for business JobKeeper 2.0 The Government has announced further changes to the JobKeeper scheme. The good news is that employees that missed out on JobKeeper because they were not employed on 1 March 2020 might now be eligible. The proposed changes would enable employees
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The Government has announced the $2.5bn JobTrainer package to retrain, upskill and open new job opportunities. JobTrainer for job seekers and school leavers An additional 340,700 training places will be created to provide no or low cost courses into sectors with job opportunities. The Government is working with the States and Territories to develop a
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(updated 21st Sep 2020) JobKeeper 1.0 ends on 27 September 2020. Those needing further support will need to reassess their eligibility and prove an actual decline in turnover to be eligible to enter JobKeeper Extension 2.0. To receive JobKeeper from 28 September 2020, eligible employers need to assess their decline in turnover with reference to
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