Wage subsidy and leave schemes

Proactively released documents from across Government relating to wage subsidy and leave schemes.

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Documents proactively released on 8 May

Document title Date Type
COVID-19 - How self-isolating workers are treated under workplace law [PDF, 5.1 MB] 4 March 2020 Briefing
Aide Memoire: Wage subsidy scheme note [PDF, 743 KB] 14 March 2020 Advice
COVID-19 Financial Support Paper B - COVID-19 Leave Payment Scheme (CAB-20-MIN-0105) [PDF, 943 KB] 16 March 2020 Minute and Paper
Draft Cabinet paper – COVID-19 – Order in Council to exclude the Wage Subsidy and Leave Payment from the application of GST [PDF, 1.1 MB] 17 March 2020 Report
Expanding the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme and Adapting it to Support Furloughed Workers (CAB-20-MIN-0134) [PDF, 783 KB] 23 March 2020 Minute
Expanding the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme and Adapting it to Support Furloughed Workers (CAB-20-SUB-134) [PDF, 819 KB] 23 March 2020 Paper
Working for Families Tax Credits entitlement for Emergency Benefit recipients [PDF, 1.6 MB] 24 March 2020 Report
Final Cabinet Paper and Advice on Enhanced Wage Subsidy [PDF, 776 KB] 25 March 2020 Advice
Updated design settings for the Wage Subsidy Scheme [PDF, 1.4 MB] 26 March 2020 Advice
Transitioning to an Enhanced Wage Subsidy Scheme [PDF, 1.2 MB] 26 March 2020 Minute and Paper
Administrative Modifications to Wage Subsidy [PDF, 830 KB] 28 March 2020 Minute
Essential Service Workers COVID-19 Leave Scheme [PDF, 1.3 MB] 29 March 2020 Advice
Establishing an Essential Workers Leave Support Scheme (CBC-20-MIN-0020) [PDF, 791 KB] 1 April 2020 Minute
Establishing an Essential Workers Leave Support Scheme [PDF, 1.2 MB] 1 April 2020 Paper

Documents proactively released on 26 June

Document title Date Type
Clarification on eligibility for the current COVID-19 wage subsidy and leave schemes (the Schemes) and the implementation approach [PDF, 2.2 MB] 17 April 2020 Joint report
Broadening Access to the COVID-19 Leave Payment Scheme [PDF, 793 KB] 24 April 2020 Paper
Addendum to Clarification on eligibility for the current COVID-19 wage subsidy and leave schemes (the Schemes) and the implementation approach [PDF, 470 KB] 24 April 2020 Report
Policy decisions on aspects of the COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme  [PDF, 1.1 MB] 25 April 2020 Briefing
Broadening Access to the COVID-19 Leave Payment Scheme (CBC-20-MIN-0047) [PDF, 735 KB] 28 April 2020 Minute
Interaction between leave entitlements and COVID-19 Support Schemes [PDF, 1.2 MB] 1 May 2020 Briefing

Documents proactively released on 31 July

Document title Date Type
Wage Subsidy Extension Query [PDF, 256 KB] 1 June 2020 Email
Additional Item: Wage Subsidy Scheme Extension - Change to Criteria (CAB-20-MIN-0257) [PDF, 215 KB] 2 June 2020 Minute
Wage Subsidy Extension Recommendations to Reflect Revenue Drop Change [PDF, 189 KB] 2 June 2020 Email

Documents proactively released on 9 October

Document title Date Type
COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Clarifications [PDF, 2.7 MB] 28 May 2020 Report
Advice on the Future of the Leave Support Scheme  [PDF, 478 KB] 13 July 2020 Briefing 
Report-back on the continuation of the Leave Support Scheme: Cabinet paper and talking points  [PDF, 849 KB] 29 July 2020 Briefing 
Continuation of the COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme (DEV-20-MIN-0163) [PDF, 113 KB] 5 August 2020 Minute
COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Minor Implementation and Integrity Changes to the Wage Subsidy Scheme (Extension) (SWC-20-MIN-0124) [PDF, 804 KB] 5 August 2020 Minute and paper
Continuation of the COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme (DEV-20-SUB-0163) [PDF, 487 KB] 5 August 2020 Paper

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