Almost one in five of the 419 workers hired so far under the State Government’s Back To Work regional jobs package come from the Wide Bay-Burnett.
Employment Minister Grace Grace said on Thursday that employers in the Wide Bay-Burnett region are getting behind the $100 million Back to Work program.
“There are 83 jobseekers in the Wide Bay-Burnett who are now back at work thanks to our regional jobs package,” she said.
“Encouragingly, almost half of those employed under this program in the Wide Bay-Burnett are long-term unemployed who have been out of work for 12 months or more.”
Ms Grace said the Back to Work program was giving employers the confidence to hire, which was great for local jobs and the local economy.
She said employers who are thinking of hiring should get in touch with our local Back to Work team to put themselves in line for support payments.
Back to Work provides employer support payments of $10,000 to $15,000 for eligible employers who hire an unemployed worker.
To be eligible for an employer support payment, employees need to have started work on, or after, Friday 1 July 2016, and have been employed for at least four weeks.
Eligibility criteria apply and payments are paid to businesses in two parts.
The first payment is made after one month, and the balance at the end of the employee’s first year with the business.
Businesses can find out more about the Back To Work program on the Internet or call 137-468 for more information.
