Subsidised wages for people with disability
Employers may be able to get a wage subsidy when they hire someone through Disability Employment Services (DES).
Subsidies include:
- Wage Subsidy Scheme – paying up to $1,650 for hiring a new employee
- Restart wage subsidy – paying up to $10,000 for hiring someone aged 50 or over
- Wage Start subsidy – paying up to $6,000 for taking on someone who has been with DES for at least 12 months.
Wage subsidies are usually paid for the first few months of employment. Employers can contact a DES provider to apply.
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Subsidised wages for people with disability
An employer hires people to work for them. might be able to get support from the government to help them pay people with disability.
We call this type of support a ‘wage subsidy’.
Wage Subsidy Scheme for new employees
Who can use the Wage Subsidy Scheme, what jobs can use it, how to apply
Restart wage subsidy for people over 50
Who can get Restart, what jobs can use it, how to apply
Wage Start for the long-term unemployed
Who can get Wage Start, what jobs can use it, how to apply