Some unions are encouraging part-time and casual workers to stay at home but still take the government's fortnightly $1,500 JobKeeper payment, according to the CEO of the Council of Small Business Peter Strong.
Some unions are encouraging part-time and casual workers to stay at home but still take the government's fortnightly $1,500 JobKeeper payment, according to the CEO of the Council of Small Business Peter Strong. The Coalition’s $130 billion wage subsidy scheme will allow the government to subsidise a fortnightly flat wage of $1,500 to workers kept on by businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
The payment is available for full-time, part-time, sole traders and casuals who have been with their employer for at least 12 months. The payment is designed to keep workers linked to their employer as the economy stalls due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Mr Strong told Sky News the unions need to stop telling workers "they can go home" and still receive JobKeeper. "The unions have to come along and say work with your employer, work with them," he said.
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