Payments to businesses employing people from Latrobe Valley and Hazelwood Power Station

Overview

The Back to Work Scheme provides employers with funding to hire and train eligible employees.

Employers must employ an eligible unemployed person living in the Latrobe Valley or a retrenched worker from the Hazelwood Power Station.

Employers may claim up to:

• $5000 per unemployed person living in the Latrobe Valley they employ
• $5000 per retrenched Hazelwood Power Station worker they employ

An additional amount of up to $4000 is available to employers who provide accredited training to these eligible employees.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, you must:

• have a good workplace safety record
• employ an eligible employee sometime between 1 January 2017 and 30 June 2020
• make a claim within nine months of the employment start date