Financial support available to Employers
Wage Subsidies
Work Experience Placement Program
Supported Wage Scheme
Workplace Modifications Scheme
Auslan For Employment
Wage Subsidies
Wage subsidies are payments made to eligible employers to help cover the costs of paying wages in the first few months of employment of a person with disability or a person experiencing other barriers to employment. They aim to increase the competitiveness of workers, including those with disability.
See more information about Wage Subsidies at the JobAccess website
Work Experience Placement Program
The Work Experience Placement (WEP) program provides employers with a great opportunity to see how someone operates in a working environment. The program also provides job seekers with the opportunity to improve their work skills, and to be able to demonstrate what they have to offer to a potential employer.
The Australian Government, through the Work Experience Placement program, will meet the cost of work-related insurance for eligible job seekers to help overcome one of the main problems when organising work experience.
Employers will not be required to pay someone who participates in WEP. However, if they decide to employ a participant, they may simply end the WEP and then enter into an employment relationship with them.
Work Experience Placements can be between 5 days and a maximum 8 weeks long.
See more information about the Work Experience Placement Program at the JobAccess website
Supported Wage Scheme
Most Australians who have disability and participate in the open workforce do so at full rates of pay. However, there are some people who are unable to find or keep a job at full wage rates due to the effect of disability on their workplace productivity.
The Supported Wage System is a process that allows employers to pay less than the minimum wage by matching a person’s productivity with a fair wage. With the Supported Wage System, eligible people with disability can access a reliable process of productivity based wage assessment to determine fair pay for fair work.
See more information about the Supported Wage System at the JobAccess website
Workplace Modifications Scheme
There is help available with the cost of workplace adjustments or modifications needed to accommodate a worker with disability in a job.
While the majority of workers with disability won’t require any workplace modifications, the Workplace Modifications Scheme aims to make accommodating employees with disability in the workplace easier.
The Workplace Modifications Scheme pays for the cost involved in modifying the workplace or purchasing special or adaptive equipment for eligible employees with disability. It is also available to existing employees if they have had a change in duties, career progression, change in disability or a new modification becomes available that would increase their productivity.
See more information about the Workplace Modifications Scheme at the JobAccess website
Auslan For Employment
Practical help is available to support new Deaf employees, and existing Deaf employees who use Auslan (Australian Sign Language) to communicate and whose continued employment is at risk.
As an employer, you may be eligible for financial assistance to help with the cost of Auslan interpreting services for Deaf job seekers, new Deaf workers and existing Deaf employees. You may also be eligible to have staff members who work with a Deaf employee trained in Auslan and undertake Deaf Awareness training.
See more information about Auslan For Employment at the JobAccess website
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