Auckland COVID-19 Lockdown Alert Level 3
ALERT Level 3 – The Waiting Room The key points for businesses are:
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Australian JobKeeper extension
Further changes were announced on 7 August 2020 to adjust the reference date for employee eligibility and make it easier for organisations to qualify for the JobKeeper Payment extension from 28 September 2020.
DetailsAustralian SMBs endure large COVID hit
National Australia Bank’s Small and Medium Enterprise Australian business survey saw a large deterioration in Quarter 2.
DetailsCOVID19 health and safety resources
If you’re an Australian business, you can fit out your workplace for COVID-19 by ensuring you have the relevant signage to keep your staff and customers safe.
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NZ Alert Levels and Wage Subsidy Extension
New Zealand now has no active cases of COVID 19. As of midnight last night the country has moved down to Alert Level 1. This means restrictions on gatherings, hospitality, transport and social distancing have now been removed. Border restrictions however remain.
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Say goodbye to the cookie jar, hot-desking and endless meetings. Aussies will soon start heading back to work – but the office will never be the same.
DetailsNew Zealand Budget 2020
2020 “Rebuilding Together” Budget Alliott NZ Summary As expected, the 2020 Budget has been a high spending one with a deficit forecasted to be $29.6 billion in 2021. Unemployment is projected to increase significantly, peaking at 9.8 per cent in the September 2020 quarter before recovering thereafter. New Zealand’s real GDP growth rate is projected…
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Alliott NZ Update re COVID-19 Alert Levels
COVID-19 Alert Level 2 guidelines and restricted trading The Government announced yesterday that New Zealand will move from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2 at 11.59pm on Wednesday 13 May. At Alert Level 2 businesses can operate if they’re able to do so safely. To do business safely, the key public health requirements require…
DetailsCOVID-19 Small Business Cashflow Scheme and Business Finance Guarantee Scheme
COVID-19 Small Business Cashflow Scheme Last week the Government announced it will provide interest-free loans for a year to small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 to support their immediate cash flow needs and meet fixed costs. It will provide assistance of up to $100,000 to businesses employing 50 or fewer full-time equivalent employees.
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COVID-19 – Managing the return to the workplace
What is your plan? As we continue to “flatten the curve” and government and health advice turns to adjusting COVID-19 measures, employers should start planning how to approach the return to the workplace. This one page summary by Ashurst in Australia sets out the key issues for employers to consider now:
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