Australian Age Care Bonus Payments.
On 31st January 2022, the government announced a further bonus payment schedule for aged care workers, up to $800 per employee, spread over two payments of up to $400 each.
This Bonus, together with the previous Covid related bonuses totals up to $3,200 for the eligible employees.
The earlier Age Care Bonus details were:
This payment encourages residential and home care workers to continue providing direct care services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employers and agencies apply on behalf of their eligible workers.
There are three payments – one for workers employed in June/July 2020, one for workers employed at 31 August 2020, and one for workers employed at 30 November 2020.
Residential care workers doing more than 30 average weekly hours – $800.