JobCover Placement Program NSW

Key facts

About this grant

Summary from the official listing on business.gov.au:

The JobCover Placement Program provides incentives to employers to employ a worker who has a work related injury or illness and is unable to return to work with their pre-injury employer.

Employers participating in this scheme will receive:

• incentive payments for up to 12 months
• an exemption of the injured worker’s wages from the employer’s workers compensation premium calculation for up to 2 years
• protection against further costs associated with changes occurring to the worker’s existing injury for up to 2 years.

The maximum incentive payments are:

• $400 per week for the first 12 weeks (maximum of $4,800)
• $500 per week for the next 14 weeks (maximum $7,000)
• $600 per week for the next 26 weeks (maximum $15,600).

What you get

Incentive payments of up to $27,400 for up to 12 months.

Who it is for

NSW businesses.

Eligibility

To be eligible, employers must:

• be a different employer to the pre-injury employer
• hold a current workers compensation policy with an insurer or a self-insurer’s licence
• not be grouped with the pre-injury employer for workers compensation insurance or insured under the same group self-insurer licence as the pre-injury employer
• be able to offer employment to a worker for a minimum of 12 months
• provide a minimum of 64 paid hours per month or a return to the worker's pre-injury hours
• not be in receipt of any other wage subsidy for the worker
• adhere to their jurisdiction’s workers compensation and workplace health and safety legislation.

Details are copied from the official source and can change. Check the official listing before you apply. Grant Writing Company is not affiliated with this funder.