Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

This is another important part of our plan to protect jobs during this pandemic. The temporary JobKeeper provisions in the Fair Work Act have provided essential flexibility that has been vital for struggling businesses to survive the impacts of COVID-19 and keep their employees in jobs. It allows employers receiving the wage subsidy to make key changes to their operations. These include adjusted employee work hours and altering duties or the location of work. While this support will be essential for businesses that remain eligible for JobKeeper, greater workplace flexibility will also be vitally important for many businesses that no longer qualify for JobKeeper post September. This will allow those businesses to keep as many of their employees as possible as they continue to recover from the worst of the crisis.