May 29, 2015
The Federal government has launched a 12-month pilot program,
Training for Employment Scholarship, in the outer metropolitan and
regional areas. This program is developed to assist the
employment and training of young people by providing incentives to
employers to take on new workers.
The scheme is available to businesses with under 200 full-time
equivalent (FTE) employees, located at the following areas:
• New South Wales:
- Central Coast
- Hunter Valley (excluding Newcastle)
- Sydney-Outer Western/Blue Mountains
• Queensland:
- Sunshine Coast
- Ipswich
- Townsville
• Victoria:
- Mornington Peninsula
- Melbourne-West
• South Australia:
- Adelaide-North
• Western Australia:
- Perth-Southwest
• Tasmania:
- Launceston-Northeast
Participants in the training must be aged 18-24 years, be employed
by the business, agree to undertake the training specified in the
funding application and haven’t been in full-time employment or
full-time study prior to commencing employment with the applicant
business.
The training is to be provided for a 26-week period.
This is another example of specific training courses that are
available for small/medium enterprise businesses that accountants
about which they can alert their clients.
If you would like further details on the Training for Employment
Scholarship, or if you would like a copy of our article relative to
this program, please contact us.
Peter Towers
MANAGING DIRECTOR
ESS BIZTOOLS PTY LTD
+61 7 4724 1118 | 1800 232 088
peter@essbiztools.com.au
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