JobKeeper Employee Eligibility Changes from 3 August 2020

Employee Eligibility Details

If you have employees who:

• Were employed on a full time or part-time basis since 1 March 2020 but before 1 July 2020 and they are still employed by you, they will be eligible for JobKeeper from 3 August 2020 (assuming they meet all other standard eligibility criteria).
  
  
• Were employed on a casual basis and have had their 12 month employment anniversary between 1 March 2020 and 1 July 2020 and they are still employed by you, they will be eligible for JobKeeper from 3 August 2020 (assuming they meet all other standard eligibility criteria).

Under the JobKeeper scheme, all eligible employees need to be provided with an employee nomination notice. For those who are now eligible due to the employment date change, make sure you provide them with the new JobKeeper Employee Nomination Notice (1 July employees only) form. Therefore, if you have newly eligible employees, you must provide this notice to those employees.

Employers who don't follow the above procedure for these newly eligible employees will breach the “one in, all in rule”, which could result in you losing your entitlement to any JobKeeper payments for any employees. Note: employees who are currently covered under the JobKeeper scheme do not need to be provided with a new Employee Nomination notice.

If you have newly eligible employees that wish to participate in the JobKeeper scheme, you will need to advise the ATO by 22 August 2020. Notification is generally advised via your Single Touch Payroll lodgements.

For any newly eligible employees, any required top-up payments for the fortnight beginning 3 August 2020 are required to be met by 31 August 2020 (this is the extended date).

If you have any questions about the above, or wish to understand how it might impact on your business, our team are here to help so please don’t hesitate to talk with us.