Set
out below are the official bare bones of the Youth Jobs PaTH internships
for unemployed 17-24 year olds that the Turnbull Government is offering from 1 April 2017.
What
these bones both reveal and conceal is that in 2017-18 an est. 30,000 young people
jobless for six months or more will be set to work between 15-25 hours a week for
4 to 12 weeks in mainly low skilled jobs in supermarkets, cafés, newsagents or other businesses in order to
receive an additional $100 a week in Centrelink benefits - while the erstwhile ‘employer’
pockets $1,000 upfront for so generously offering to accept free labour
arranged through JobActive employment
service providers.
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The Government will
provide $751.7 million over four years from 2016‑17 to establish a Youth Jobs PaTH program for young
job seekers aged under 25 years to improve youth employment outcomes. The
new pathway is designed to enhance young people's employability and provide up
to 30,000 young people each year with real work experience. The pathway has three
elements:
Industry‑endorsed pre‑employment
training (Prepare) — from 1 April 2017, training for up to six weeks
will be provided to develop basic employability skills, including those
required to identify and secure sustainable employment.
Internship placements of up to twelve
weeks (Trial) — from 1 April 2017, up to 30,000 internship placements will be
offered each year to enable businesses and job seekers to trial their
employment fit. Job seekers will receive a $200 fortnightly incentive payment
and businesses will receive $1,000 upfront to host an intern. Placements will
be voluntary and will be organised by employment services providers. Job
seekers must be registered with jobactive, Disability Employment Services or Transition to Work, and have been in
employment services for at least six months to be eligible for the internship
program.
Youth Bonus wage subsidies (Hire) —
from 1 January 2017, employers will receive a wage subsidy of up to $10,000 for job seekers under 25 years old with barriers to employment and will continue to receive up to $6,500 for the most job‑ready job seekers. Job seekers must be registered with
jobactive orTransition
to Work, and have been in employment services
for at least six months for employers to be eligible for the wage subsidy.
Funding for this component will be provided from within the existing funding
for wage subsidies.
The program will include
an employer mobilisation strategy to encourage participation in the initiative
by all employers.
As part of this measure,
the Government will also achieve savings of $204.2 million over four
years. The design of wage subsidies available through jobactive will be improved to reduce red tape for employers,
including by simplifying payments and enabling employers to choose more
flexible payment arrangements.
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