Client Name: COVID-19 Disaster Payment
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Client Name: COVID-19 Disaster payment - (We encourage you to apply this directly with Service Australia and if you wish to require any assistance from us, please send us an email to [email protected] ) This is a lump sum payment to assist individuals who are not able to earn income due to COVID-19 lockdown, hotspot or period of restricted movement. The payment is available when the restriction lasts longer than 7 days. • For parts of Sydney, COVID-19 lockdown commenced on 23rd of June 2021. 1st of July is the first day where claims open. • For Greater Sydney, COVID-19 lockdown commenced on 27th of June. 4th of July 2021 is the first day where claims open. Please see below table for when claim opens and closes. Event Event Dates Period Claims open Claims close Parts of Sydney 1 July to 7 July Period 1 1 July 2021 28 July 2021 2021 Parts of Sydney 8 July to 14 July Period 2 8 July 2021 4 August 2021 2021 Parts of Sydney 15 July to 21 Period 3 15 July 2021 11 August 2021 July 2021 Parts of Sydney 22 July to 28 Period 4 22 July 2021 18 August 2021 July 2021 Parts of Sydney 29 July to 30 Period 5 29 July 2021 25 August 2021 July 2021 Greater Sydney 4 July to 10 July Period 1 4 July 2021 31 July 2021 2021 Greater Sydney 11 July 2021 to Period 2 11 July 2021 7 August 2021 17 July 2021 Greater Sydney 18 July 2021 to Period 3 18 July 2021 14 August 24 July 2021 Greater Sydney 25 July 2021 to Period 4 25 July 2021 21 August 2021 30 July 2021 All other areas of 18 July 2021 to Period 3 and 4 18 July 2021 21 August 2021 NSW 30 July 2021 For period 1 and 2 claims • If you have lost 20 or more hours of work a week, you can receive $500 per week • If you lost less than 20 hours of work per week, you can receive $325 per week Period 3 and beyond claims • If you lost 20 or more hours of work per week, you can receive $600 per week • If you lost between 8 hours and 20 hours of work per week, you can receive $375 per week Parts of Sydney includes the following area Bayside, City of Sydney, Canada Bay, Inner West, Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra. Greater Sydney includes the following area Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Burwood, Camden, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Central Coast, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Hunters Hill, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Liverpool, Mosman, North Sydney, Northern Beaches, Parramatta, Penrith, Ryde, Shellharbour, Strathfield, Sutherland, The Hills, Willoughby, Wollondilly, Wollongong. Please answer the following questions to determine your eligibility for the COVID-19 Disaster payment Questions Yes No Remarks 1. Are you an Australian resident? 2. Do you hold an eligible working visa? 3. Are you currently receiving any of the following income support payments? ABSTUDY, age pension, Austudy, Carer payment, disability support pension, Jobseeker payment, Parenting payment, special benefit, Farm household allowance and Youth allowance 4. Are you currently getting a state or territory pandemic payment? Note: Pandemic payments are payments to support you if you can’t earn an income because you must self-isolate or quarantine, caring for someone with COVID-19 5. Do you live in or work from or have visited the following declared COVID-19 hotspot from 23 June to 9 July 2021. Parts of Sydney Bayside, City of Sydney, Canada Bay, Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra 6. Do you live in or work from or have visited the following declared COVID-19 hotspot from 26 June to 30 July 2021. Greater Sydney Bayside, Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Burwood, Camden, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Central Coast, City of Parramatta, City of Shellharbour, City of Sydney, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Hunters Hill, Inner west, Ku-ring-gal, Lane Cove, Liverpool, Mosman, North Sydney, Northern Beaches, Penrith, Randwick, Ryde, Strathfield, Sutherland Shire, The Hills Shire, Waverley, Willoughby, Wollondilly, Wollongong, Woollahra 7. Do you live in, work from or have visited a location subject to a state or territory restricted movement order? 8. Did COVID-19 restrict your movements as preventing you from attending work from 1st of July 2021 for parts of Sydney or 4th of July 2021 for Greater Sydney? 9. If you answered yes in question 8, have you lost income? 10. If you are from parts of Sydney from 1st of July 2021 or Greater Sydney from 4th of July 2021, have you lost income and do not have appropriate paid leave entitlements? Please note: Leave entitlements include - State pandemic payment - The pandemic leave disaster payment Leave entitlements not included - Annual Leave - Unpaid leave - Paid sick and carer's leave - Long service leave - Compassionate leave when your employer has stood you down without pay (You do not need to take these types of leaves before you can get the COVID-9 disaster payment) If you would like to claim payments starting from 1st of July for parts of Sydney or 4th of July for Greater Sydney area. Please answer questions 11 to 13 (for period 1 and 2 payments). Otherwise, answer question 14 to 15 for claim starting from 15 July 2021 for parts of Sydney, 18 July 2021 for Greater Sydney area and 18 July 2021 for all other areas of NSW (for period 3 and beyond payments). 11. Do you have a liquid asset of less than $10,000 for period 1? Note: liquid asset are any funds readily available to you in cash or savings or assets that can be changed into cash. 12. Have you lost 20 or more hours of work a week for period 1 and 2? Note: if yes, entitled to $500 a week 13. Have you lost less than 20 hours of work a week for period 1 and 2? Note: if yes entitled to $325 14. Have you lost 20 hours or more of work per week? Note: if yes, entitled to $600 a week 15. Have you lost between 8 and less than 20 hours of work per week? Note: if yes, entitled to $375 a week Client Name: 2021 COVID-19 Business Grant If you are a business, sole trade or not for profit organisation in NSW and you have been impacted by the recent COVID-19 restriction starting on 26 June 2021. You may be eligible for one-off grant. • $7,500 for a decline in turnover of 30% or more • $10,500 for a decline in turnover of 50% or more • $15,000 for a decline in turnover of 70% or more Application opens from 19 July 2021 and closes on 13 September 2021. Eligible applicants across NSW can use the grants for business costs incurred from 1 June 2021 including utilities, wages and rent, financial, legal or other advice to support business continuity planning, marketing and communication, the cost of perishable goods that can no longer be used, other activities to support the operation of the business. Questions Yes No Remarks 1. Are you a sole trader, owner of a small business or not for profit organisation with an active ABN? 2. Were you operating in NSW as at 1 June 2021? 3. Is your total Australian wages $10 million or less as at 1 July 2020? 4. Is your turnover between $75,000 and $50 million for the year ended 30 June 2020? If you think you are below or over the above turnover threshold, please specify. 5. Do you have any business costs for which was not already covered by other government support such as small business fees and charges rebates (Details covered in page 7)? 6. Have you continued to maintain your employee headcount as at 13 July 2021? 7. Do you think you have lost at least 30% in turnover during the period from 26 June 2021 to 17 July 2021 compared to 26 June 2019 to 17 July 2019? Client Name: JobSaver If you are a business, sole trader or not-for-profit organisation in NSW and you have been impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. JobSaver are fortnightly payments to help maintain employee headcount as at 13 July 2021. Eligible applicants will receive fortnightly payments backdated to cover costs incurred from week 4 of the Greater Sydney lockdown (from 18 July 2021 onwards). Payments for employing businesses: The payment will be equivalent to 40% of the weekly payroll for work performed in NSW: • minimum payment will be $1,500 per week • maximum payment will be $10,000 per week Payments for non-employing businesses, such as sole traders: • $1,000 per week. Eligible applicants can use JobSaver for the following expenses: salaries and wages, utilities and rent, financial, legal or other advice, marketing and communications, perishable goods and other business costs. Applications opens on 26 July 2021 and closes on 18 October 2021. Questions Yes No Remarks 1. Are you a sole trader, owner of a small business or not for profit organisation with an active ABN? 2. Were you operating in NSW as at 1 June 2021? 3. Is your turnover between $75,000 and $50 million for the year ended 30 June 2020? If you think you are below or over the above turnover threshold, please specify. 4. Do you think you have lost at least 30% in turnover during the period from 26 June 2021 to 17 July 2021 compared to 26 June 2019 to 17 July 2019? If you are an employing businesses, please answer question 5.