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Applications for the initial two-week August 2021 wage subsidy scheme will close at 11.59pm tonight.  This deadline will be important for any businesses that have held off applying for the Wage Subsidy August 2021 to assess the revenue test period and consider their workforce needs. The Government has approved a further wage subsidy scheme, and applications for the […]

Applications are now open for the Wage Subsidy August 2021. The Wage Subsidy August 2021 declaration was released this morning (20 August 2021) by Work and Income New Zealand.  Whilst there are not many changes when compared to previous declarations, we set out our initial observations below.  Our advice to employers is to not hastily

We are back here again!  It was announced last night that New Zealand would be going into a Level 4 Lockdown at 11:59pm on 17 August 2021. With the Level 4 Lockdown in place, we thought it would be a good opportunity to send out a reminder of some of the support schemes and payments

Applications are now open for the two-week Wage Subsidy March 2021 (“the Wage Subsidy”). The Wage Subsidy is to assist employers in making wage payments to their staff and to protect jobs in businesses affected by the rise in COVID-19 alert levels.  Is my business eligible for the Wage Subsidy? To be eligible, your business

On 23 February 2021, the Government introduced a Resurgence Support Payment (“RSP”), which is available through the Department of Inland Revenue (“IRD”), for businesses who are affected by an increase in the COVID-19 alert levels.   With the recent increases in alert levels (both at 11:59pm on 14 February 2021 and 6.00am on Sunday, 28

The Ministry of Social Development (“MSD”) has recently announced that a Short-Term Absence Payment (“STAP Payment”) is now available for businesses (including self-employed people) to assist with paying workers who are required to stay at home while awaiting COVID-19 test results, and cannot work from home during this time.  What are the criteria to be

The Employment Court has released its first judgment in response to an employer’s actions during the Government enforced lockdown during COVID-19. The full bench of the Employment Court has considered whether the Employment Relations Authority correctly determined that the defendant employees were entitled to minimum wage under the Minimum Wage Act 1983 (“MWA”) during the