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Change proposals affecting four business groups have been finalised.
A man who made 50 applications for COVID-19 Wage Subsidy payments has been sentenced to seven months’ home detention.
This week we have gone out to staff to consult on proposed changes within four of our business groups.
A Christchurch man who applied for almost $40,000 in Covid-19 Wage Scheme subsidies using four different identities has been sentenced to six months community detention and reparations.
A man has been jailed after defrauding the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme of $109,644.
Modelling on how New Zealand adults move through the benefit system over their lifetime.
