The Raiders were forced to stand down all their administration staff last week following the postponement of the 2020 NRL season due to the COVID-19 virus.

They employee about 130 people, including players and coaching staff, with most of them stood down within days of the NRL suspending games.

But some of them have been brought back thanks to the JobKeeper payment.

"That could be a lifeline for some of our staff and bringing a couple back," Raiders chief executive Don Furner said.

"Certainly some of the younger ones we're looking at bringing back straight away and looking at getting them going on media and comms and memberships and all sorts of things. It literally changes every hour."

The Raiders are one of a number of NRL clubs looking to take advantage of the government initiative to soften the financial impact of the pandemic.

Penrith, Wests Tigers and Parramatta are among a number of NRL clubs who have lodged their applications for JobKeeper funding this week.

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The development comes after the Tigers joined most of their rivals in standing down the majority of their football and administrative staff due to the coronavirus.

Tigers staff were informed the club had registered for the emergency stimulus package when they were sent home on Tuesday.

Even the NRL, who ordered 95 per cent of its staff to take annual leave last week, are working through the details of how the subsidies apply to its staff.

Employees are entitled to $1500 a fortnight under the policy, of which over 400,000 businesses had registered for by Wednesday night.

Seven hundred Panthers workers were informed the organisation had applied for the funding following the Prime Minister's announcement on Monday.

But it is unclear whether the business will have enough cash flow to pay its staff before the government reimburses companies in May.

In total some $10 million of taxpayers' money could be injected into the NRL in a bid to help keep the competition afloat.

The benefits will be a major boost to the NRL and all 16 of its clubs, some of whom have grave fears about their survival during the pandemic.

As it stands, clubs have been guaranteed their monthly instalments of $1.2 million until June before the finances dry up at league office.

Players have been guaranteed two months pay, a quarter of which comes from their injury hardship funds, before they will be forced to source other income.

The NRL remains determined to restart play in July, resulting in the resumption of the broadcast revenue. with AAP.