The deadline for the submission of applications by businesses for the business grant program for the employment of unemployed persons aged 30 and over in the regions in transition (MET) is extended until 27 May 2022 (at 15:00), with a focus on women.
Specifically, the 12-month program subsidizes the recruitment of 5,000 unemployed in the Regions of Western Macedonia, Central Greece, The Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, North Aegean and Crete and the amounts of the salary subsidy and social security contributions are as follows:
466,5 € monthly (5.598 € per year) for unemployed aged 30-49 years
€559.8 monthly (€6,717.6 per year) for unemployed people aged 50 and over
€606.45 per month (€7,277.4 per year) for long-term unemployed 30 years and over
€653.1 monthly (€7,837.2) per year for long-term unemployed 50 years and over
699,75 € monthly (8.397 € per year) for unemployed women 30 years and older
Businesses submit their application exclusively electronically through the State Aid Information System of the Ministry of Development & Investments to the http://www.ependyseis.gr/mis address. Then, the employment consultants of OAED will nominate candidates to the company, according to the
unemployed category, the specialty and the required qualifications and the enterprise will choose among the candidates for recruitment.
A prerequisite is that the company has not reduced its staff during the three months prior to the application and has not received funding from state aid of more than € 200,000 in the previous 3 years (current and two previous ones). The grant includes the corresponding Christmas and Easter gifts and holiday allowances.
The program, with a total budget of € 32,000,000, is co-funded by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund), through the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020”.
For more information, interested parties can call our offices, visit the OAED website www.oaed.gr
