The Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures
No. 2) Act 2020 (Cth) provides for temporary amendments to the
Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to assist those employers who are
eligible for the jobkeeper scheme. The amendments provide for the
implementation of further flexibility to deal with the impact of
COVID-19.
The amendments provide for employers to (from today):
- give a jobkeeper enabling stand down direction;
- give a direction to an employee about the duties to be
performed and location of work;
- make an agreement about the day or times an employee is to
perform work; and
- make an agreement about the taking of annual leave, including
at half pay.
Jobkeeper enabling directions
