EWSS – Public Health Restrictions

EWSS – Public Health Restrictions (“EWSS-PHR”) is a separate system of wage support applicable for businesses directly affected by the public health restrictions imposed by government in December 2021. EWSS-PHR will run from 1 February 2022 until 31 May 2022.

Support Rates

The support rates payable per pay date are as follows:

Employee gross weekly wage	1 January – 28 February 2022	1 – 31 March 2022	1 April – 31 May 2022
Less than €151.50	Nil	Nil	Nil
From €151.50 to €202.99	€203	€151.50	€100
From €203 to €299.99	€250	€203	€100
From €300 to €399.99	€300	€203	€100
From €400 to €1,462	€350	€203	€100
More than €1,462	Nil	Nil	Nil

Please note that employers should not claim ‘EWSS’ and ‘EWSS-PHR’ in respect of the same employee on the same pay date as this will result in an error, causing neither to be paid by Revenue.

For more information on how to set up EWSS – PHR on SimplePay please refer to our EWSS System Navigation page.