Assistance Available

• Projects approved under the programme attract a 100 percent wages subsidy for each student employed from those referred by the Department of Labour. In addition, up to $20 per worker week may be paid to help meet labour-related overheads such as ACC levies, necessary personal equipment and minor tools, machinery hire, transport, and accommodation, it necessary.
• Wages fur project supervisors employed through the Department of Labour are fully reimbursed and this applies to additional wage costs incurred by an organisation temporarily promoting a staff member to that position.
• Organisations which need an extra person to deal with the administrative side of the project can apply for either student under this programme or another worker under the Temporary Employment Programme to be referred by the Department of Labour. A 100 percent wage subsidy can be paid.
• Up to $25 per worker week may be provided to non-profit community organisations or to local authorities sponsoring projects on behalf of community organisations or groups of students to help purchase materials where there is no other source of funding for the particular project. Material subsidies will be available only where a genuine need is demonstrated.