Small Business Rebate Program
The SafeWork NSW Small Business Rebate program provides up to
$1,000 for you to purchase approved safety items that help keep your workers safer. These safety items are designed to manage or eliminate hazards and risks that could cause serious injury, illness, or death in your workplace.
To be eligible, you must be a sole trader or employ between 0–50 full-time equivalent workers, hold an ABN, and have been operating for at least six months. You must also provide goods or services in New South Wales. If you run a charity or not-for-profit, you can also apply if you employ between 1–50 full-time equivalent workers.
You are required to complete an educational activity with SafeWork NSW (usually an online workshop) where you will learn about workplace health and safety, your rights and responsibilities, risk management, and how to manage WHS risks and hazards.
You will have an opportunity to attend an in-person educational activity with SafeWork NSW at the WHS Show and chat to inspectors and our team about any questions you may have about the NSW Small Business Rebate program at stand F02.
Spaces are limited so please pre-register to attend the in-person workshops. You will require WHS Show tickets to attend the workshops.
- 22 October 2025 | 11:00am –12:00pm | An Introduction to Work Health and Safety Workshop – pre-register workshop attendance
- 23 October 2025 | 200pm– 3:30pm | Construction Workshop – pre-register workshop attendance
You can also attend one of the following NSW SafeWork presentations at the WHS show to complete an educational activity. Just make sure you attend the whole session and mark your attendance with our team after the session.
- 22 October 2025 | 9:30am – 10:10am | More than just compliance: Why WHS consultation matters
- 22 October 2025 | 1:30pm – 2:00pm | Working safely with crystalline silica: Protecting workers across industries
- 23 October 2025 | 11:00am – 11:30am | Protecting your workers: Preventing workplace violence, aggression and sexual harassment in NSW
Get Free Workplace Mental Health Training and Coaching on how to create psychologically healthy and safe workplaces.
Workplace Mental Health Training is delivered by experts from Black Dog Institute.
You can choose from live, interactive workshops or flexible self-paced online training, all designed to suit your schedule, your role and your workplace needs.
- Leading a Mentally Healthy Workplace – gives employers and executive leaders practical strategies to help create a psychologically healthy and safe workplace.
- Managing for Team Wellbeing – helps managers and supervisors develop their wellbeing leadership skills to help create a psychologically healthy and safe workplace.
- Your Mental Health at Work – gives sole traders and employees practical strategies to care for their own mental health at work and support others.
Workplace Mental Health Coaching is delivered by workplace psychologists from Transitioning Well and designed for business owners, leaders, and managers.
Through confidential one-on-one sessions, your coach can help you with:
- Identifying and addressing psychosocial hazards and risks in your workplace
- Applying practical tools and strategies to create a psychologically healthy and safe environment
- Fine-tuning existing initiatives and putting your learnings into practice.
Both programs are proudly supported by SafeWork NSW and are free to NSW businesses with fewer than 200 employees and not-for-profit organisations of any size based in NSW.
Contact details
Small Business Rebate:
- For help with the online application form, call 13 10 50.
- For more information visit: Small business rebate terms and conditions | NSW Government
- Email: safetyrebate@safework.nsw.gov.au
To find out more and to register for the Free Workplace Mental Health Training and Coaching visit: https://www.nsw.gov.au/employment/mental-health-at-work/free-training-and-coaching
