Wage subsidies for apprentices and trainees are now available.
The subsidy will initially cover 50 per cent of wages paid to apprentices between January to March this year and continue until 30 September 2020.
Wage subsidies will be available to small businesses, including those using a Group Training Organisation, to help retain existing apprentices and trainees. Employers of any size who re-engage an apprentice or trainee that has been displaced from a small business may also attract a wage subsidy.
Subsidies will cover wages paid from 1 January 2020 to 30 September 2020 and businesses will be reimbursed up to $7,000 per quarter, up to a maximum of $21,000, per eligible apprentice or trainee.
For more information on how to apply for the subsidy, including information on eligibility: www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/search-aasn