The Government will notify the first batch of around 45,000 employers of their successful applications for the 2022 Employment Support Scheme (ESS) starting today.

Up to 6pm today, around 150,000 applications from employers have been received with a total committed employee headcount of 1.2 million, since the 2022 ESS opened for application on April 29.

About 100,000 applications have been received from self-employed people so far.

Starting today, the first batch of successful employers will receive notifications via SMS message and email.

Employers will normally receive the wage subsidies of May, involving around $2.3 billion in total, within one week after receiving the notifications.

The Government is processing expeditiously the remaining applications so as to disburse subsidies to more applicants promptly.

Applicants can log in to the 2022 ESS website to check the amount of wage subsidy granted and the committed employee headcount during the subsidy period.

Applications for the 2022 ESS will close at 11.59pm on May 12.