Industries dealt the hardest blow by the pandemic including the arts and hospitality have the highest percentage of part-time workers facing a $750 a fortnight cut to JobKeeper payments.
The $101 billion government wage subsidy, which was initially set to expire on September 27, is being extended for another six months. However it will change from a flat $1500 a fortnight for all eligible workers to a tiered system as most states ease their lockdown restrictions.
Just over a quarter of retail workers do less than 20 hours a week while 28 per cent of arts and recreation workers do the same, along with 35 per cent in the accommodation and food sector. On the latest data available from Treasury in June there were more than 700,000 Australians on JobKeeper in those three industries alone. It is not known how many are now on the scheme or their working status.
'They used to be reliant on two jobs ... Now they’re going to go back to the lower rate and not have that other job to draw from.'"I think it's important to transition [to JobKeeper 2.0] because outside of Victoria, the jobs are coming back," Mr Frydenberg said onEconomist Rebecca Cassells said the design of the second phase of JobKeeper was harsh on the 2.1 million Australians who relied on multiple jobs before the pandemic.
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