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Table 2.4 SYETP rates, period and target group/eligibility criteria 1976-December 1985
Date of change Age Subsidy Rate
$ per week
Max weeks
of subsidy
Eligible group of unemployed
CES registrants
Unemployment
benefit rate
October 1976 15-17 58 26 15-19 school leavers
36
18-19 58 26
41.25
November 1976 15-17 59 26 All 15-19 at least 6 of last 12 36
18-19 59 26
months not in fulltime education 43.50
August 1977 15-17 63 26 All 15-24 at least 6 of last 12 36
18-24 63 26
months not in fulltime education 47.10
October 1977 15-17 66 26 All 15-24 at least 4 of last 12 36
18-24 66 26
months not in fulltime education 49.30
August 1978 15-17 45 17 No change
36
18-24 45 17
51.45
November 1978 15-17 50 17 No change
36
18-24 50 17
51.45
April 1980 15-17 50 17 No change but if unemployed for 36
18-24 50 17
4 months continuously after 51.45
SYETP then eligible for a second
SYETP placement
November 1980 15-17 55 17 No change but for ex-STWTP 24 36
18-24 55 17
participants who were then 53.45
immediately eligible for a SYETP
placement
February 1981 15-17 55 standard rate 17 Extended SYETP introduced for 36
18-24
18-24
55 standard rate
80 extended
17
First 17 of 34
18-24 unemployed at least 8 of
last 12 months; with 2 periods of
17 weeks, the first at the higher
53.45
53.45
‘extended SYETP’ rate and the
second 17 weeks at the standard
rate.
August 1982 15-17 75 standard rate 17 No change
36
18-24 75 standard rate 17 58.10
August 1983
18-24 100 extended First 17 of 34
58.10
15-17 75 standard rate 17 No change to eligibility, but start 40
18-24 100 standard rate 17 of age tiers to subsidy
68.65
18-24 75 extended First 17 of 34
68.65
August 1984- 15-17 50 standard rate 17 No change to eligibility
45
December 1985 18-19 75 standard rate 17 78.60
20-24 100 standard rate 17 78.60
18-19 50 extended First 17 of 34 45
20-24 75 extended First 17 of 34
78.60
Source: Ross (1988) p39 Table 4. The benefit rate is in $ per week.
Notes: The SYETP became part of Jobstart from January 1986. This table relates to private SYETP rates –
Commonwealth SYETP mainly differed only in that the employer received the full wage costs for the
subsidy period. However see section 2.2.3 for other differences to private SYETP.
24 School to Work Transition Program. This was a program made up of pre-employment education and
training transition courses in Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes – courses generally of 12
weeks or up to 52 weeks full-time. From October 1980 STWTP was supported by a ‘transition allowance’,
but until then participants were not eligible for unemployment benefit (Kesteven (1987): 57).