Huge response to job aid scheme

2020-05-25 17:24:24

The Government announced that the Employment Support Scheme (ESS) received an overwhelming response on the first day of the three-week application period today.

It received over 41,000 applications from employers and 27,000 from self-employed people.

Eligible employers and those self-employed can submit online applications for the first tranche of wage subsidies through the ESS Online Portal until 11.59pm on June 14.

Details on eligibility, application procedures, calculation of subsidies, terms and conditions as well as undertaking are included on the portal.

The Government encourages employers whose businesses have been hit by the COVID-19 epidemic to make the best use of the ESS wage subsidies to retain their employees and pay wages to staff who have been put on no-pay leave.

All applications received will be processed expeditiously with a view to disbursing wage subsidies to the most successful applicants within three to four weeks.

Email questions to enquiry@employmentsupport.hk or call 1836 122.

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