The PM has announced an expanded wage subsidy scheme, revealing the first element of the “second phase” of recovery after JobKeeper is phased out. auspol COVID19
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday announced the expanded wage subsidy JobTrainer scheme, worth up to $7000 a quarter.
The expanded apprentice wage subsidy will now cover half the pay of up to 180,000 eligible apprentices until March, 2021, up to a maximum of $530-a-week. “We are very determined to look ahead and I would say to Australians, as difficult as these times are, let’s not look down, let’s look up, let’s lift our heads,” he said.JobTrainer, the expanded apprentice wage subsidy announced on Thursday, will now cover half the pay of up to 180,000 eligible apprentices until March, 2021. Picture: Jason EdwardsThe Morrison Government hopes the new scheme will help support hundreds of thousands of jobs for school leavers and the unemployed.
“The jobs and skills we’ll need as we come out of the crisis are not likely to be the same as those that were lost.”Employment Minister Michaelia Cash said it’s “critical” we keep our apprentices in jobs. Picture: Sam Mooy/Getty ImagesThe short courses will target skills shortages identified by the states and the National Skills Commission .
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