Workforce Retention Bonus Grant – Residential Care And Home Care
This fact sheet contains information for employers and staff on a bonus available to aged care residential and in-home care workers who are working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Workforce Retention Bonus Grant – Residential Care And Home Care
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Publication date:
5 June 2020
Last updated:
18 March 2021
Publication type:
Fact sheet
Intended audience:
Health sector
Description:
This fact sheet includes:
- who can apply for the grant
- what workers are eligible
- how much the bonus is
- what this means for the worker
- are the payments taxable?
- does the provider have to pay compulsory superannuation on these payments
- when the applications open and how to apply
- when the second payment will be made
- how to receive the second payment
- what information providers need to supply
- what Australian Government–funded programs are excluded
- how payments will be monitored
- where to find more information