COVID-19 wage subsidy payments
The New Zealand Government has some business support payments to help pay staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For details of available payments and eligibility criteria, visit business.govt.nz
If your business is eligible for any wage subsidy payments, we recommend setting up a COVID-19 pay rate structure to make those payments to the affected employees.
To set up a COVID-19 pay rate structure
- From the front screen click Setup, then Company Defaults.
- Click Pay Rate Structure.
- In the Define Pay Rate Structure window, click an Unused Rate and add a description such as 'COVID - 19 Subsidy'.
- Click GO. The Define Pay Rate Structure window reappears with the 'COVID - 19 Subsidy' pay structure.
- Click GO.
When you process a pay, the COVID - 19 pay rate structures you set up previously will appear for every employee.
- From the front screen click Setup, then Calculate Pays.
Enter the Rate and Units for COVID - 19 Subsidy.
Here's an example showing a $350 subsidy payment:
- Repeat for each employee and finalise the pays as normal.