Subsidies Explained

When an employer takes on a Jobmatch client they become eligible for a wage subsidy through funding by DEWR. There are however two main eligibility criteria.

1. You need to employ the Jobmatch client at least 8 hours per week.
2. You need to employ the Jobmatch for at least 13 weeks with a reasonable expectation that employment will last well beyond that period.

As an employer with a job vacancy these criteria, are easy to meet. Wage subsidies can even allow employers to create long term contract positions to deal with peak periods and backlog work flows.

Once the 13 week period has elapsed the Wage Subsidy can then be paid to the employer. The subsidy will never be more than the amount paid to the employee and the maximum amount paid by the wage subsidy to be offered to the employer is $1400, with a $140 GST component paid on top of this.

For example, if a client earns less than $1400 over the 13 weeks, Jobmatch pays the employer the lesser amount. Take Jenny, she worked 8 hours per week at $11.32 per hour which equals $1177.28 for the 13 week period. Add to this the $117 GST component and the total amount paid to the employer will be $1294.28.