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 1^st July

The current OR hourly rate is:

Type of hourly rate	2008/09	2009/10
Base rate per hour	$125.90	$130.55
Recommended rate per hour	$132.05	$136.95

Current NES Fees are:

NES Services		2008/2009	2009/2010
NES Vocational Assessment	RC800	$660.10	$684.45
NES Subsequent Vocational Assessment	RC805	Up to max $660.10	Up to maximum $684.45
NES Workplace Assessment Negotiated number of hours @ hourly rate	RC810	$132.05 p/h	$136.95 p/h
NES Functional Assessment Negotiated number of hours @ hourly rate	RC820	$132.05 p/h	$136.95 p/h
NES Vocation Re-education Assessment Negotiated number of hours @ hourly rate	RC830	$132.05 p/h	$136.95 p/h
NES Monitoring of Retraining <26 weeks duration Negotiated number of hours up to 4 hours @ hourly rate	RC831	$132.05 p/h	$136.95 p/h
NES Monitoring of Retraining >26 weeks duration Negotiated number of hours up to 8 hours @ hourly rate	RC832	$132.05 p/h	$136.95 p/h
NES Vocational counselling Up to 2 hours per 2 months @ hourly rate	RC840	$132.05 p/h	$136.95 p/h
NES Work Conditioning Negotiated number of hours @ hourly rate	RC850	$132.05 p/h	$136.95 p/h
NES Functional Education Negotiated number of hours @ hourly rate	RC860	$132.05 p/h	$136.95 p/h
NES Week 1 includes Job Seeker Plan	RC880	$516.60	$535.65
OR Service	Service Item Code	2008/2009	2009/2010
NES Week 8 Job Seeker Plan	RC881	$516.60	$535.65
NES Worker Independent Job Seeker Plan	RC882	$516.60	$535.65
NES Week 16 Job Seeker Plan	RC883	$516.60	$535.65
NES 12 Week Refresher Assessment	RC884	$660.10	$684.45
NES Refresher Plan	RC885	$1000.00	$1036.85
NES Refresher Vocational Counselling Up to 6 hours @ hourly rate	RC886	$132.05 p/h	$136.95 p/h
NES Placement Report	RC889	$516.60	$535.65
Incentive <52 Weeks & no payments at 13 weeks RTW	RC890	$2691.10	$2790.30
Incentive <52 Weeks & <50% payments at 13 weeks RTW	RC891	$1345.60	$1395.20
Incentive >52 Weeks & no payments at 13 weeks RTW	RC892	$4485.15	$4650.45
Incentive >52 Weeks & <50% payments at 13 weeks RTW	RC893	$2242.60	$2325.25
NES OR provider Travel Negotiated number of hours per month @ hourly rate	RC899	$132.05 p/h	$136.95 p/h

All Agents and approved Occupational Rehabilitation providers have been notified of the indexed OR service fees for 2009 - 10.

Please Note: Fees quoted are exclusive of GST

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