• Auckland is at Alert Level 3
• The rest of New Zealand is at Alert Level 2

• The Government has announced that the Resurgence Support Payment and Wage Subsidy Support have been activated as a result of the Level changes.

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At Alert Level 2, hospitality businesses can open under strict rules. These are the key documents you need:

• Download the guidelines for operating at Level 2 here. – updated 21 September

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At Alert Level 3, hospitality businesses can open for contactless pick-up and delivery only. These are the key documents you need:

• Restaurant Association guidelines for operating at Level 3 – updated 21 September
• Level 3 Re-opening Checklist – updated 28 August
• Level 3 Sample Cleaning Checklist
• Signage for Business Operating at Level 3 
• Health and Safety policy for supplier visits – updated 28 August
• Guidance on an employee’s requirement to work – updated 28 August
• Guide on new requirement – Mandatory Record Keeping

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At Alert Level 4 Hospitality businesses that are not deemed essential must be closed

Key Documents for preparing to close your business:

• Guide to temporary closure of business and employee payments
• Letter/email for you advising your employees of the temporary emergency closedown of business
• Guide to temporary closure of business and employee payments (this is a member only resource, so login first)
• Closedown Practical Checklist

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Information on business support:

• The Resurgence Support Payment.
  • Applications opened on the IRD website from Tuesday 24 August. Apply here.
  • A business or organisation must have experienced at least a 30% drop in revenue or a 30% decline in capital-raising ability over a 7-day period, due to the increased COVID-19 alert level.
  • Eligible businesses and organisations can apply to receive the lesser of:

• The Wage Subsidy Scheme (WSS) is also available. This is enacted nationally when there is a regional or national move to Alert Levels 3 and 4 for a period of seven days and helps eligible businesses keep paying staff and protect jobs.
  • Applications for a second August wage subsidy opened at 9am on Friday 3 September, 2021 (the first August wage subsidy opened on Friday 20 August, 2021 and closed on Thursday 2 September, 2021). Apply here.
  • Businesses will be eligible for $600 per week per full-time equivalent employee, and $359 per week per part-time employee. 

• The Covid-19 Short-Term Absence Payment is available for businesses, to help pay their workers who cannot work from home while they wait for a Covid-19 test result. There’s a one-off payment for each eligible worker. 
• If the employee is off sick with Covid-19, caring for someone with Covid-19, or have been required to isolate because of Covid-19, the Covid-19 Leave Support Scheme is available for employers, including self-employed people, to help pay their employees who need to self-isolate and can’t work from home. The scheme is paid as a lump sum and covers 2 weeks per eligible employee, for people who were working 20 hours or more per week.

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