Extension period
On 21 July 2020, the Federal government announced an extension
to the JobKeeper scheme from 28 September 2020 until 28 March
2021.
The JobKeeper enabling directions allow employers to give
certain directions to employees, about changing their hours of
work, location of work, duties and usual days/times of work, if
that employee is the recipient of JobKeeper payments. Read all
about the JobKeeper enabling directions
here and
here.
There are two separate extension periods which have different
turnover tests and JobKeeper payment rates:
- Extension 1: 28 September 2020 to 3 January 2021; and,
- Extension 2: 4 January 2021 to 28 March 2021.
The current existing Fair Work Regime that has been modified
will extend for another 6 months subject to the employer being
eligible under JobKeeper and having made the transition.
