02.04.2021

DEADLINE FOR BUSINESSES TO APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Funding for nearly 2,000 new jobs - this is offered to businesses by the Employment Agency. The period in which employers can apply for funds in the labor offices expires today.

The measure envisages a monthly payment of up to BGN 630 per salary, as well as social security contributions for each employed unemployed person.

The funding also applies to people who have been staying at the employment office for more than 6 months, under the age of 24 or over 50, with primary and lower education and unemployed mothers with children up to 5 years.

Incentives offer options for full-time or part-time work. The duration of the employment provided and the subsidy period is also different and varies from 3 to 12 months.

According to Art. 50, para. 3 of the Regulations for the implementation of the Employment Promotion Act, the Cooperation Councils at the labor offices will evaluate by April 7, 2021 the submitted applications according to approved criteria and will approve the jobs that can be subsidized within the available free financial resources.