Eligibility for JobKeeper
As at 18-April-2020
Eligibility
Eligibility
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Employers will be eligible for the JobKeeper payment if all of the following apply:
On 1 March 2020, you carried on a business in Australia or were a not-for-profit organisation that pursued your objectives principally in Australia. You employed at least one eligible employee on 1 March 2020. Your eligible employees are currently employed by your business for the fortnights you claim for (including those who are stood down or re-hired). Your business has faced a 30% fall in turnover (for an aggregated turnover of $1 billion or less) 50% fall in turnover (for an aggregated turnover of more than $1 billion), or 15% fall in turnover (for ACNC-registered charities other than universities and schools). |
Business owners actively engaged in their business
Other businesses in the form of a company, trust or partnership can also qualify for JobKeeper payments where a business owner (a shareholder, adult beneficiary or partner) is actively engaged in the business, or a director is actively engaged in the business. This is limited to one entitlement for each entity even if there are multiple business owners or participants. We will provide more information soon about the eligibility of these businesses for the JobKeeper payment.
Ineligible employers
An employer is not eligible for the JobKeeper payment if:
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The Major Bank Levy was imposed on the entity or a member of its consolidated group for any quarter before 1 March 2020
the entity is an Australian government agency (within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997) the entity is a local governing body the entity is wholly owned by an Australian government agency or local governing body the entity is a sovereign entity the entity is a company in liquidation the entity is an individual who has entered bankruptcy. |
Employee Eligibility
Requirement
Date Cut-Off Current Employment Status Age Limit Residency Status Multiple Employers Employment Type |
Comment
The person must have been employed by the employer as at 1 March 2020. The person must be currently employed. This can include employees stood down or rehired. The employee must be at least 16 years of age on 1 March 2020. Eligible employees fall within the following categories: Australian Citizen Australian Permanent Resident Special Category (Subclass 444) Visa Holder (New Zealand Citizen). Eligible employees that have multiple eligible employers can only receive a JobKeeper Payment from one employer. The qualifying employment types are: Full Time Part Time Long-term Casual* *Employed as a casual for more than 12 months as at 1 March 2020. |
Further, eligible employees must not receive either of the following types of payments during a fortnight:
Paid Parental Leave
Workers Compensation |
Employees receiving paid parental leave (under the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010) in a fortnight are ineligible for that fortnight. Parental leave paid under arrangements outside the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 should not impact eligibility.
Employees that are totally incapacitated for work, and receive an amount under an Australian worker's compensation law in a fortnight are ineligible for that fortnight. |
JobSeeker
Employees receiving JobSeeker payments are ineligible.
Limit
Employees can only claim one JobKeeper allowance, irrespective of having more than one source of income
To be eligible, your employees need to meet the following criteria:
Employees receiving JobSeeker payments are ineligible.
Limit
Employees can only claim one JobKeeper allowance, irrespective of having more than one source of income
To be eligible, your employees need to meet the following criteria:
They are currently employed by your organisation/entity. They were employed by the Your entity at 1 March 2020. As at 1 March 2020, they were: - a permanent employee, or - a casual employee employed on a regular or systematic basis during the period of 12 months ending on 1 March 2020. If they are a casual employee as mentioned above, they are not permanently employed by any other employer, or they are only employed by any other employer on a casual basis. They were at least 16 years of age as at 1 March 2020. As at 1 March 2020 They were: – residing in Australia and an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or – an Australian resident for income tax purposes and a Subclass 444 (Special Category) visa holder. They are not in receipt of a JobKeeper payment as a sole trader, nor is another employer or eligible business in receipt of a JobKeeper payment for the employee. They are not currently receiving parental leave pay or dad and partner pay, and They are not currently totally incapacitated for work and receiving payments under an Australian workers’ compensation law in respect of your total incapacity to work |