Wage Subsidy Scheme Employer Application Form (WSS1ER)

• Published date: 16 April 2021
• Issuer: Department of Social Protection

Revised: 01/04/2024 (Final version)

Wage Subsidy Scheme (WSS1ER)

EMPLOYER APPLICATION

The following conditions apply to recipients of the Wage Subsidy Scheme:

▪ The employee(s) must have a disability which results in a productivity shortfall of

at least 20%.

▪ The employee(s) must work for 15 hours or more per week.

▪ All employees must be provided with a signed Contract of Employment setting

out the terms and conditions of employment and a Job Description (and a Person

Specification if available). These must be attached to each Employee Application.

▪ The employee(s) will be employed under the same conditions of employment as

other employees, as regards PRSI (Class A), PAYE, leave and being paid the going

rate for the job.

Employer Details

If you are already registered as a WSS employer and the details that DSP currently

hold have not changed, please submit N/A in the fields marked ^.

Organisation / Employer

Registered Number (PAYE

number):

Employer Name:

^Employer Address:

(including County & Eircode)

^Claim Email Address(s):

(list of emails approved for Welfare

Partners registration, must be in the

format of name@domain.com or

name@domain.ie etc…)

(You must indicate an email address that

will become the primary contact email to

which Remittances will issue – Yes/No):

Primary Contact?

^Employer Contact Name:

^Employer Contact Address:

(including County & Eircode)

^Employer Contact Telephone

Number:

^Bank Mandate Completed?

Yes/No