New Employer Services (NES) Fees

New Employer Services (NES) Fees

 New Employer Services is the occupational rehabilitation (OR) service delivery model for new employer return to work. As with all OR, this model is a combination of fixed and the negotiated OR hourly rate. Please note that all fees are indexed annually, effective from the 1st July

The current OR hourly rate is:

Type of hourly rate

2007/08

2008/09

Base rate per hour

$122.25

$125.90

Recommended rate per hour

$128.25

$132.05

 

Current NES Fees are:

Type of OR service

Service Item Code

2007/08

2008/2009

NES Vocational Assessment

RC800

$641.10

$660.10

NES Subsequent Vocational Assessment

RC805

Up to $641.10

Up to $660.10

Workplace Assessment
Negotiated number of hours @ hourly rate

RC810

   $128.25 p/h

   $132.05 p/h

Functional Assessment
Negotiated number of hours @ hourly rate

RC820

   $128.25 p/h

$132.05 p/h

Retraining Assessment
Negotiated number of hours @ hourly rate

RC830

    $128.25p/h

$132.05 p/h

Monitoring Training Course
< 26 weeks duration?

Negotiated number of hours up to 4 hours per month @ hourly rate

RC831

   $128.25 p/h

$132.05 p/h

Monitoring Training Course

  1. 26 weeks duration?

Negotiated number of hours up to 8 hours per month @ hourly rate

RC832

  $128.25 p/h

$132.05 p/h

Vocational counselling
Up to 2 hours per 2 months @ hourly rate

RC840

  $128.25 p/h

$132.05 p/h

Functional Education
Negotiated number of hours per month @ hourly rate

RC860

  $128.25 p/h

  $132.05 p/h

Work Conditioning
Negotiated number of hours per month @ hourly rate

RC850

  $128.25 p/h

$132.05 p/h

NES Commencement

RC880

$501.75

$516.60

NES Week 8

RC881

$501.75

     $516.60

NES Week 26

RC882

$501.75

$516.60

NES Week 16

RC883

$390.25

$516.60

NES Placement

RC889

$501.75

$516.60

Incentive <52 Weeks of weekly payments

Receiving payments at NES commencement date & no weekly payments at sustainable RTW date

RC890

$2613.75

$2691.10

Incentive <52 Weeks of weekly payments

  1. Not receiving weekly payments at NES commencement date and at sustainable RTW date
  2. Receiving weekly payments at NES commencement date and at sustainable RTW date but amount is 50% less than amount at NES commencement date

RC891

$1306.90

$1345.60

Incentive >52 Weeks of weekly payments

Receiving payments at NES commencement date & no weekly payments at sustainable RTW date?

RC892

$4356.25

$4485.15

Incentive >52 Weeks of weekly payments

  1. Not receiving weekly payments at NES commencement date and at sustainable RTW date
  2. Receiving weekly payments at NES commencement date and at sustainable RTW date but amount is 50% less than amount at NES commencement date

RC893

$2178.15

    $2242.60

All Agents and approved Occupational Rehabilitation providers have been notified of the indexed OR service fees for 2008 - 09.

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