Re-employment incentives

Any worker who is receiving weekly payments and is unable to return to their pre-injury employer, but who has a capacity to work, is eligible for incentive payments to be made to an employer that can provide suitable employment.

Businesses that provide suitable full-time, part-time or casual positions for rehabilitated workers receive many benefits, including:

• financial incentives including gross wage subsidies of up to 75% of gross wages paid for the first three months of employment 
• a subsidy of 40% of gross wages paid for the second three months of employment 
• a retention bonus of 10% (to a maximum of $2,000) if the placement continues beyond 12 months 
• protection from the liability to pay the first two weeks of absence from work as a result of an aggravation of the previous injury to South Australian employers.

Incentive payments to an employer are made monthly in arrears. A copy of wage records or other documentation that can verify wages have been paid to the worker must accompany the monthly wage return form when seeking reimbursement.

Forms

Re-employment incentive approval request for a re-employment placement [44KB]

Re-employment incentive monthly wage return [38KB]

Re-employment incentive placement agreement [47KB]