Privacy information for employees
17 March 2020
This content is correct as at 1pm
MSD will use the information provided in your
Tuesday 17 March, 2020.
employer’s application to assess their
eligibility to receive the COVID-19 Wage
To apply for the COVID-19 wage subsidy or
Subsidy and/or the COVID-19 Leave Payment.
leave payment your employer must provide
We may also use the information for research
the Ministry of Social Development (MSD)
and reporting purposes.
with the following information about you:
The Ministry will not use the information
First name
provided about you in your employer’s
Last name
application for any other purpose or for
assessing entitlement to any other assistance
Date of Birth
available from MSD unless required or
Inland Revenue number
authorised by law.
Number of hours you work per
Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right
week/fortnight.
to request access to all information held about
Your employer will discuss their application for
yourself and to request corrections to that
the subsidy/payment with you and must get
information.
consent from you before providing this
information in their application. Your consent
covers the information:
being provided to the Ministry of Social
Development, and
being used by the Ministry of Social
Development to make decisions about your
employer’s application and to audit and
review any subsidy that is granted, and
being shared by the Ministry of Social
Development with other agencies to the
extent necessary to make decisions about
your employer’s application and to audit
and review any subsidy that is granted.
You do not have to give consent to your
employer to provide the information, but if
you do not, they will not be able to provide
the information in their application and the
Ministry of Social Development will decline
their application as we will not have enough
information to determine whether they are
eligible.
No identifiable information about you will be
published publicly.
For more information www.workandincome.govt.nz
