Government relaxes JobKeeper criteria to allow startups to access wage subsidy

The Federal Government is set to relax criteria for businesses to access the JobKeeper wage subsidy to ensure startups don’t miss out.

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Criteria for the $130 billion package announced on Monday required small to medium sized business to show a 30 per cent loss in revenue compared to the previous year in order to get the $750-a-week wage subsidy for employees. 

That requirement sparked concerns that startups that have shown rapid growth wouldn’t be eligible even though they were also impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. 

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Published 2 April 2020 5:32pm
Updated 2 April 2020 5:39pm
By Nick Houghton
Presented by Yang J. Joo
Source: SBS


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