Job Creation question

[wonderer7]

Hello all.

I had a question regarding the job creation criteria which the guidance is not really clear about.
I have created 2 jobs job A and job B. For job A I have a person that has worked for full time for months so no issues here. For Job B, it has existed for 12 months but the first two months I had two employees C and D working part-time and combined they exceed the 30 hours per week. Employee D continued from month 3 onwards as full time.

My question is, is it fine to combine employee C and D for the first 2 months of that job and count them as 2 months of full time in addition to the 10 months that employee D worked?

Simply put, can I combine part-time hours for the same job? The guidance does not say anything about combining for the same job but says that I cannot combine from different jobs if they have not existed for 12 months each.

I appreciate your help as always.

Thanks in advance!

[marcnath]

Hello all.

I had a question regarding the job creation criteria which the guidance is not really clear about.
I have created 2 jobs job A and job B. For job A I have a person that has worked for full time for months so no issues here. For Job B, it has existed for 12 months but the first two months I had two employees C and D working part-time and combined they exceed the 30 hours per week. Employee D continued from month 3 onwards as full time.

My question is, is it fine to combine employee C and D for the first 2 months of that job and count them as 2 months of full time in addition to the 10 months that employee D worked?

Simply put, can I combine part-time hours for the same job? The guidance does not say anything about combining for the same job but says that I cannot combine from different jobs if they have not existed for 12 months each.

I appreciate your help as always.

Thanks in advance!

Yes, you should be able to combine them.

You are right in that it is not specifically mentioned. But that is the key - it does not mention that two (or more employees) cannot be used for the same job.

It is important that you include both employees in the same Job when you fill in the job table

[wonderer7]

Thank you for your prompt response marcnath, much appreciated.

I had another question if it is not too much trouble.

In my last extension I relied on the rule of the furloughed employees counting towards the 12 months job creation. is that considered getting the extension under covid concession? If so does that mean I will have to create 4 full time jobs for 12 months or 2 jobs for 24 months?

it's worth noting I did not apply to get a temporary extension for covid related reasons but I did say that the business was impacted by covid and that I will rely on the furlough rule.

Thanks again for your help!

[marcnath]

Thank you for your prompt response marcnath, much appreciated.

I had another question if it is not too much trouble.

In my last extension I relied on the rule of the furloughed employees counting towards the 12 months job creation. is that considered getting the extension under covid concession? If so does that mean I will have to create 4 full time jobs for 12 months or 2 jobs for 24 months?

it's worth noting I did not apply to get a temporary extension for covid related reasons but I did say that the business was impacted by covid and that I will rely on the furlough rule.

Thanks again for your help!

My interpretation of the exceptions is that the additional job creation is only applicable if you did not create two jobs of 12 months each in the first place.
You should not need to create the additional jobs.

[wonderer7]

Thanks for the reply marcnath!