<\/span><\/h3>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 provides for the extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) to 31 December 2021 and the retention of the current enhanced subsidy rates until 30 September 2021. It also provides for the retention of the 30 per cent reduction in turnover or orders threshold and a modification to widen the reference period to assess eligibility for the scheme with effect from 1 July 2021.<\/p>\nThe 2021 Act \u00a0provides for the extension of the specified period in section 485 to 30 September 2021. (The power of the Minister for Finance to, extend the scheme further to 31 December 2021, by order, is not changed.)<\/p>\n
The 2021 Act \u00a0extended the CRSS to 30 September 2021 and also to provide for enhanced restart week payments under the scheme for businesses reopening after a period of restrictions. The level of \u201crestart week\u201d payment a business may claim will depend on the date on which the business reopens (or the \u201crestart week\u201d occurs):<\/p>\n