Jobkeeper in a sentence

The Transport Workers Union has identified the company's staff issues as significant in this decline, after the company allegedly moved from experienced staff to lower-cost replacements while benefiting from the JobKeeper scheme.

A new mandatory code for tenancies is expected to be finalised next week, but any breaks from rent would only be given to businesses who are eligible for the JobKeeper wage subsidies.

A week later on July 20, JobKeeper payments for childcare workers will end.

Businesses have to have lost 30 per cent of their turnover to be eligible for JobKeeper if they have less than $1 billion in annual revenue and 50 per cent if their revenue tops that amount.

Days are numbered for those on JobKeeper better off than when they were working, with Labor supporting a push to wind the scheme back.

If you’ve suffered income reduction of greater 30% you are also eligible for JobKeeper.

JobKeeper and JobSeeker are due to end in late September.

Josh Frydenberg said businesses had been “really hurting” and pointed out that Victorians would soon account for more than half of all JobKeeper recipients.

Leading economist, John Quiggin, has warned Australia can't afford to scrap JobKeeper payments as the "most severe downturn" looms.

Main image: Scott Morrison announces the government’s $130bn jobkeeper wage subsidy package to help businesses hit by the coronavirus.

More than 1 million Victorians were estimated to be affected by the federal government's cuts to JobKeeper on Monday, which could take $443 million out of the state's struggling economy every fortnight.

Mr Burns says JobKeeper and JobSeeker have done two things: Alleviated costs, and swollen consumers’ coffers.

Mr D’Souza said the business had been “hit hard” by coronavirus and had relied on JobKeeper to get through the tough times.

Mr Scott said the JobKeeper package would help schools manage staff costs.

Myer has been one of the largest beneficiaries of the JobKeeper scheme, with the company standing down 10,000 staff in March when it was forced to close its 60 stores due to the pandemic.

Perring is "very grateful that our staff are able to eat and pay rent" thanks to JobKeeper, but says it's just one of many costs involved with keeping business running.

Should the Catholic Church stop getting JobKeeper?

The general rate was 7%, although the true level remains obscured by the jobkeeper wage subsidy.

The government will adjust the eligibility rules that offered JobKeeper if companies with up to $1 billion in turnover suffered a 30 per cent fall in business and if companies with more than $1 billion in turnover suffered a 50 per cent fall.

The JobKeeper payment of $1500 a fortnight was paid to eligible businesses to enable them to pay their staff even if they were not open during the pandemic.