Employee Eligibility
Before an eligible employer can claim the JobKeeper payment in respect of an employee (‘eligible employee’), the employee must satisfy the following requirements:
1. The employee is currently employed by the employer (which includes an employee who has been stood down or re-hired after they had already lost their job).
2. The employee was employed by the employer as at 1 March 2020.
3. The employee is a full-time or part-time employee, or a long-term casual employee who has been employed by the employer on a regular basis for longer than 12 months at 1 March 2020.
4. The employee is at least 16 years of age.
5. The employee is an Australian citizen, or the holder of a permanent visa, a Protected Special Category Visa Holder, a non-protected Special Category Visa Holder who has been residing continually in Australia for 10 years or more, or a Special Category (Subclass 444) Visa Holder.
6. The employee is not in receipt of a JobKeeper Payment from another employer.
In practical terms, this means that eligible employers will receive the JobKeeper Payment for each eligible employee who was on the employer’s books on 1 March 2020 and continues to be engaged by that employer (including full-time, part-time, long-term casuals and stood down employees).
Employees who have multiple employers will need to notify their primary employer to claim the JobKeeper Payment on their behalf, as only one employer will be eligible to receive the payment. In most cases, the claiming of the tax-free threshold will be sufficient notification that an employer is the employee’s primary employer.
Want to know if your business is eligible?
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