Allowance for Worker Retention Grant
My client has just been approved for the Worker Retention Grant for child care centres. The grant allows employees to be paid 10% more of their award rate (Children Services Award). For the reconci...
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Hi Shella,
How do I apply for all workers? Each worker earns a different award rate, so the 10% is also different for each worker. I created a new pay item only for one worker as her 10% is $3.80, but I can't create a new one for each worker, or am I missing a step?
Regards
Anna
You need to what workers are covered by the WRG, normally it is the Children's Service Award. It can also be the award that covers teachers that work in long day care. It does not include any clerical/admin staff as they are covered by the Private Clerks award. I made a new wages expense account that I called WRG. I applied that category to all staff that are covered by the grant. That way you don't need to do every employee. You run payroll as normal and the only manual calculation you need to do is the amount of the grant. Add all the wage categories that are covered by the WRG, base rate, any leave incl leave loading and overtime. Multiply the total by 10% and then enter this amount into the WRG category.
Regards
Ellen
