Qualifying and legacy employers can still utilise some JobKeeper flexibilities: Here’s a break down Finance Georgie Chapman 21 October 2020 Many employers can take some comfort in knowing the JobKeeper flexibilities in the Fair Work Act have been extended.
Gap fee waivers and emergency subsidies: Support announced for Melbourne childcare centres Coronavirus Madeline Hislop 9 July 2020 Dan Tehan said the emergency changes will help families in Melbourne who choose to keep their children home from care for COVID-related reasons.
How reintroducing childcare fees will put a ‘handbrake’ on women’s participation in the workforce Coronavirus Angela Priestley 10 June 2020 Australian families will soon start paying for childcare again, but as childcare becomes unaffordable for so many families who need it, women’s workforce participation that suffers.
As JobKeeper ends early for childcare centres, business owners raise concerns about ‘transition’ plan Coronavirus Matthew Elmas 9 June 2020 JobKeeper payments for childcare centres will end in less than a month, in the first major change to the federal government's wage subsidy scheme.