COVID-19 Wage Subsidy August 2021
The Wage Subsidy August 2021 payments support employers to continue to pay employees and protect jobs for businesses affected by Alert Levels 3 and 4.
There are two COVID-19 Wage Subsidy August 2021 payments. The previous two-week COVID-19 Wage Subsidy August 2021, which opened on 20 August 2021, has closed.
Applications for the second COVID-19 Wage Subsidy August 2021, known as Wage Subsidy August 2021 #2, are open for two weeks between 9am 3 September 2021 and 11.59pm Thursday 16 September 2021.
If you’ve applied for the previous COVID-19 Wage Subsidy August 2021, you need to wait until two weeks after you’ve applied before you can apply for Wage Subsidy August 2021 #2. If you apply earlier than this, your application for the new subsidy will be declined.
If you applied and were eligible for the initial Wage Subsidy, you will receive an email to tell you when you can apply for the new Wage Subsidy #2.
Find out more about who can get it and how to apply
For more information, visit https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/covid-19/wage-subsidy/index.html
