Extract from Government website below
Payment process
Eligible sole traders will be paid $1,500 per fortnight per eligible employee (which may include the individual themselves if they are self-employed). Eligible employees will receive, at a minimum, $1,500 per fortnight, before tax. Where sole traders participate in the scheme, either they or their employees will receive this Payment in a number of different ways.
- If the employee ordinarily receives $1,500 or more in income per fortnight before tax, the employee will continue to receive their regular income according to their prevailing workplace arrangements. The JobKeeper Payment will assist the sole trader to continue operating by subsidising part or all of the income for themselves or for their employee(s).
- If the employee ordinarily receives less than $1,500 in income per fortnight before tax, the sole trader must pay their employee, at a minimum, $1,500 per fortnight, before tax.
- If the employee has been stood down, the sole trader must pay the employee, at a minimum, $1,500 per fortnight, before tax.
- If the employee was employed on 1 March 2020, subsequently ceased employment with the sole trader, and then has been re-engaged by the same eligible sole trader, the employee will receive, at a minimum, $1,500 per fortnight, before tax.
It will be up to the employer if they want to pay superannuation on any additional wage paid because of the JobKeeper Payment.
Payments will be made to the sole trader monthly in arrears by the ATO.
Timing
The subsidy will start on 30 March 2020, with the first payments to be received by sole traders in the first week of May. Sole traders will be able to register their interest in participating in the Payment from 30 March 2020 on the ATO website.
