Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
Hume City Council has announced the call for applications for its Business Employment Grants Program to provide incentives to local businesses to offer secure employment for up to 100 eligible residents in Hume City.
Objectives
- For Hume residents who are unemployed (or underemployed), disadvantaged or in insecure employment (traineeship/apprenticeship), thegrants facilitate:
- The opportunity for continued employment for trainees or apprentices after the cessation of their apprenticeship/traineeship
- employment opportunities for people most affected by the pandemic including women, disengaged young people, asylum seekers with working rights and persons with a disability
- employment opportunities for people who already face significant barriers to employment
- twelve month employer commitment to steady and secure employment.
- For employers, the Fund will:
- support businesses to recover and grow
- address skill shortages
- assist to maintain trainees/apprentices at the end of their training period.
Streams
- Hume Trainees and Apprentice Incentive Program: This Stream supports businesses that have engaged an apprentice/trainee formally and are receiving Federal Government support, following which they may apply for an additional Hume City Council subsidy of $10,000.
- Hume Internship, Cadetship and Industry Training Program: This Stream will be applicable to businesses with a future bulk recruitment need or succession planning requirement. This Stream is available where there is an identified need for a minimum of 5 positions.
- Disadvantaged Jobseeker Incentive Program: This Stream will provide for Council to match existing wage subsidies via a grant paid by jobactive and Disability Employment Services (DES) providers, by extending the employment period duration from 6 months to 12 months.
Funding Information
- Hume Trainees and Apprentice Incentive Program: $400,000.
- Hume Internship, Cadetship and Industry Training Program: $300,000.
- Disadvantaged Jobseeker Incentive Program: $300,000 ($150,000 to be allocated for the sustainable employment of mainstream jobseekers and $150,000 to jobseekers supported by DES).
Eligibility Criteria
Employers/Business
- Hume business in Hume with a minimum of one employee.
- Be compliant with applicable workplace health and safety, industrial relations and taxation legislation.
- Hold all appropriate permits and licenses. This will include but is not restricted to; building and planning permits, liquor license, health and other statutory permits or licenses that are required for the business to be legal.
- Council rates must be paid in full and up to date, or a payment plan is in place.
- The grant will not be available for employees who are casual or are employed under subcontracting arrangements.
- Employers/Business not eligible:
- Australian State and Local Government entities, including government owned corporations
- Industry bodies and group training organisations
- Employment service providers and recruitment companies
- Community service providers that deliver employment, training and social support services with the exception of Health and Care providers and Social enterprises offering open employment
Employees
- Must be a Hume Resident
- Must be an Australian citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, NZ citizen, holder of a Permanent Humanitarian Visa or holder of a Temporary Protection Visa with Australian work rights
- For Stream 3 only: Must have been unemployed prior to current employment and supported by an employment service provider (e.g. DES, JVEN, JVES, jobactive), or a retrenched worker
Jobs
- An eligible job must be in the Hume Local Government Area and be:
- Ongoing paid full time or ongoing paid part time work.
- Ineligible jobs include:
- A casual job (i.e. may not have guaranteed hours of work each week; may involve working irregular hours; does not have paid sick leave or annual leave).
- Periodic arrangements that are short-term in nature (e.g. weekly hire basis).
- Where the applicant (business) is not directly employing the employee (i.e. employed on contract via a third party, such as a labour hire company or group training organisation).
For more information, visit Hume City Council.
For more information, visit https://www.hume.vic.gov.au/Your-Council/Grants-awards-and-funds/Hume-Business-Employment-Grants