COVID-19 Payments in iPayroll

COVID-19 Payments in iPayroll


The COVID-19 situation is changing. Please continue to check back here for regular updates.
Refer to the COVID-19 Change Log for any changes.

General

The COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme or the Short Term Absence Payment (detailed in the Work and Income link below) has been developed to help businesses and affected employees.

The scheme offers:
  • $600.00 per employee per week for full-time employees (who worked 20 or more hours per week before COVID-19), or the employee's normal salary, whichever is the lesser
  • $359.00 per employee per week for part-time employees (fewer than 20 hours), or the employee's normal salary, whichever is the lesser
  • Where an employee is paid less than the Wage Subsidy because their normal salary is less than the Wage Subsidy, the difference should be used for the wages of other affected employees.
  • If you choose to pay your staff as normal, no further action is required.
Many customers have been asking what to pay their employees at this unprecedented time. Below are links to government websites that offer free advice on the types of payments to pay your employees:
Unlike the scheme that operated previously, this Wage Subsidy Scheme requires businesses to reapply for each fortnightly payment.

See Work and Income for Wage Subsidy Information Find COVID Support 
For more information here  Employment New Zealand
For more information here  Work and Income 

Set up your Payments in iPayroll

You can set up a special pay elements to track the payments to your employees during the lockdown period. They will continue to accrue leave, pay PAYE and have KiwiSaver deductions during this time.

For more information here COVID-19 Full-Time Employees
For more information here COVID-19 Part-Time Employees
For more information here COVID-19 80% Pay for Employees
For more information here COVID-19 Leave Accrual 
For more information here COVID-19 Normal Salary
For more information here  COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions  

Latest Updates From the Hon Grant Robertson

“We still want employers to use their best endeavours to pay employees 80% of their normal salaries.  Where this is not possible, we want the value of the subsidy to be passed on.

“But to be absolutely clear if a person’s income is normally less than the subsidy they can be paid their normal salary."

Hon Grant Robertson




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