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Paying Staff During Lockdown
With New Zealand back at Alert Level 4, we again face the issue of “what should businesses pay employees when they are unable to work?”

COVID-19 Wage Subsidy August 2021
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

COVID-19 GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SCHEMES
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

COVID-19 Wage Subsidy March 2021
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

COVID-19 Resurgence Support Payment
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

COVID-19 Short-Term Absence Payment
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