Unemployment and redundancy

The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) will give employers impacted by COVID-19 a subsidy per employee to help keep them in employment. The EWSS will replace the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS).

The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme allowed employers to continue to pay their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was replaced by the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme.