Economy
Talking Tourism: COVID-19 Special
Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania CEO Luke Martin sits down with Andrew Pearce, Executive Director and Business Adviser with leading Tasmanian accounting and business coaching service, Collins SBA, to discuss the Australian Government’s ‘Job Keeper’ Wage Subsidy.
The $1,500 ‘Job Keeper’ Wage Subsidy is being made available to Australian employers and sole-traders to pay their staff through the Coronavirus shutdown. This is designed to help businesses retain their valued staff through the shutdown and gear-up when they resume operations.There are a lot of questions and issues for businesses to weigh up. Luke and Andrew work through some of the hot button ones.
The websites referenced through this episode:
- For the Tasmanian Government’s Emergency Business Hardship Grants click here
- For information on the Job Keeper payments click here
- To register your interest in the Job Keeper payments click here