COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Extension

Applications are open from 10 June 2020 and close just before midnight on September 1 2020 (11.59pm).

• You can apply to cover the wages of your employees over an 8 week period.

• You can apply for the Wage Subsidy Extension for your employee, even if you haven't applied for the Wage Subsidy for them before.

• You can't apply for the same employee twice.

• If you have applied for the Wage Subsidy or Leave Support Scheme for your employee, you need to wait until those payments are finished before you can apply for the Wage Subsidy Extension.

• You can't receive more than one COVID-19 payment for the same employee at the same time.

• the name of the company

• the number of employees for whom payment has been made

• the amount paid

• the type of COVID-19 payment paid.
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To ensure payments are transparent and accountable to the public, you can search for companies that have received payments.

COVID-19 Wage Subsidy and Extension - Employer Search