Employer Support Payment Scheme (ESPS)

The Employer Support Payment Scheme provides businesses who employ a Reservist or a self-employed Reservist with payments when the Reservist is absent from their civilian workplace on eligible periods of Defence service.
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Applications may be made at any time.

What do you get?

Weekly payments equal to average adult earnings.

Who is this for?

Employers of reservists and self-employed reservists.

Overview

If you're an employer of a reservist, or a self-employed reservist, you can get ESPS payments when the reservist is away on eligible periods of defence service.

For full-time employees, ESPS weekly payments are the same as average weekly full-time adult ordinary time earnings (AWOTE).

Part-time employees get pro-rata payments.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, you must:

  • employ a reservist or be a self-employed reservist
  • operate a business
  • have an Australian business number (ABN)
  • be a bona fide and registered employer
  • have employed the reservist for a minimum of three months prior to any periods of defence service for which the ESPS is being claimed.

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