Use it for
Earlier actions and transition questions
- checking the rule that applied before 1 November 2025
- reviewing older records, complaints or audit evidence
- understanding DES arrangements recognised by IEA transition provisions
Program history
Disability Employment Services
Disability Employment Services operated from 1 March 2010 to 31 October 2025. Inclusive Employment Australia replaced DES on 1 November 2025.
Program lineage
The change from DES to IEA
- To 31 October 2025DESFormer program
- Replaced on 1 November 2025
- From 1 November 2025IEACurrent program
“Replaced” is DSS's program-level wording. ServiceCite does not assume that every individual DES document became irrelevant on the same date.
Do not use it for
Current IEA delivery decisions
Do not treat a DES guideline as a current IEA requirement. Check the current IEA Deed, Guidelines and any authorised provider portal instruction.
Open the official IEA DeedOfficial source links
DES historical collections
historyDES overview
The DSS overview for the former Disability Employment Services program.
Open official source guidanceDES guidelines and resourcesThe DSS collection of former DES guidelines and supporting resources.
Open official source agreementDES Grant AgreementThe final public DES Grant Agreement record held by DSS.
Open official source supportDES participation and complaintsHistorical participation information and the continuing complaint pathway for former participants.
Open official source dataDES data directoryOfficial de-identified DES datasets, including caseload, outcomes and geographic data.
Open official source dataDES performance scorecardsThe DSS collection of historical DES provider performance scorecards.
Open official sourceHistorical data
A closing baseline for DES
The official DES data collection includes de-identified monthly caseload and outcome data, compliance data, outcome rates by disability type and geographic datasets. The monthly dataset runs to the end of DES and can support trend and transition analysis.
Open the official monthly DES dataset