Wage Subsidy Clarifications
Minister of Finance Grant Robertson has clarified that the changes to the wage subsidy scheme announced on Friday mean that employers should be passing on the full subsidy to workers, except in the case where the person’s normal income is less than the level of the subsidy."
“We still want employers to use their best endeavours to pay employees 80% of their normal salaries. Where this is not possible, we want the value of the subsidy to be passed on.
“But to be absolutely clear if a person’s income is normally less than the subsidy, they can be paid their normal salary.
“This is particularly an issue for part time employees some of whom normally earn less than the $350 per week. We urge employers to use normal hours in the period before COVID-19 to assess the amount to be paid,” Grant Robertson said.
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