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Apply for support to employ long-term unemployed people

If you, as an employer, employ long-term unemployed people, you can receive subsidies for wage costs

Detailed description

As an employer, you can give long-term unemployed people a fresh start in working life by offering them employment that is subject to social insurance contributions. You can receive financial support for this. The aim is to enable your new employee to participate in working life and to continue to employ them in your company even after the end of the support.

The responsible authority can reimburse you for wage costs in the first 5 years of employment. The wage cost subsidy is paid monthly and amounts to

in the 1st and 2nd year of funding 100 percent
in the third year of funding 90 percent
in the 4th year of funding 80 percent
in the 5th year of funding 70 percent

the minimum wage according to the Minimum Wage Act. If you as an employer are bound by a collective agreement or are based on it or church labor law regulations apply, your subsidy will be calculated based on the actual wage. You will not receive a subsidy for one-off payments such as Christmas bonuses or vacation pay.

The funding also covers your employee's social security contributions. Unemployment insurance contributions are excluded.

In addition, the job center will cover the costs of coaching for up to five years to support your previously long-term unemployed employees with problems at their new job, in their family or with difficulties organizing their everyday lives. This will help your new employees to adjust to everyday work more easily after a long period of unemployment.

Your sponsored employees should take part in this coaching. The coaching can take place during or outside working hours, at the workplace or at another location. You must release your sponsored employee from work for the coaching in the first year of the funding, with continued payment of wages if necessary. The coaching requirement is determined individually. Your business interests will be taken into account when scheduling the coaching.

The coaching is designed in such a way that it also takes into account the special requirements that you or your company place on the staff. Technical training at the workplace is not part of the coaching. The coaching staff will involve you if necessary and will be available to answer any questions you may have about the employee being supported.

Upon request, the job center will also reimburse you up to EUR 3,000.00 for necessary further training (course costs) during employment. The decision on whether to subsidize further training costs is at the discretion of the job center. You have no legal entitlement to the subsidy.

Information

Important notes

Prerequisites

The person for whom you want to receive the funding,
- is over 25 years old.
- has received citizen's allowance for at least 6 of the last 7 years and was not employed at all or only for a short time during this time.
  - If there is at least one minor child living in the household or if the person is severely disabled, the person must have received citizen's allowance for the last 5 years.
The employment is subject to social insurance contributions.
You do not terminate an existing employment relationship just to receive a wage subsidy.
You will not waive any other support you have previously received for your employment without a specific reason.

Documents required

fully completed application
later: employment contract

Please note

Your employees can be reimbursed for additional travel expenses and additional costs for child care that arise during training.

The funding allows you to complete internships outside your company with another employer within the funded employment relationship. As an employer, you must notify the employer of the internship before it begins.

Deadlines

Apply for the wage subsidy before you sign the employment contract with your new employee.

Procedure & Fees

Procedure

You contact the responsible office. There you will receive advice on funding and receive the application form or you can submit the application online.
You fill out the funding application and submit it to the responsible authority or you submit the application online.
The responsible body will examine your application and inform you whether the employment relationship is eligible and whether the person you wish to employ is eligible for this funding.
If you receive positive feedback, you can conclude the employment contract and send it immediately to the responsible department.
If all requirements are met, your employee will be assigned to you and you will receive an approval notice.
The responsible body will take care of the employment-related coaching for your employee.

In order for the responsible body to cover training costs, you must submit another application.

You contact the responsible office. There you will receive the application form.
You fill out the funding application and submit it with all necessary documents to the responsible authority.
The responsible authority will review your application. If all requirements are met, you will receive a letter of approval.

Processing time

Up to several weeks

Fees

Legal notes

Legal remedies

contradiction

Legal basis

Section 16i of the Second Book of the Social Code (SGB II)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_2/__16i.html

Downloads & Links

Links on the Internet

Address and contact information