The City of Kankaanpää has introduced a new employment supplement grant to support the employment of job seekers in difficult labor market situations. The support is aimed at employers who hire job seekers from Kankaanpää.

The amount of the employment supplement is 500 euros per month, with a maximum of 6000 euros per employee. The support can be granted for a maximum period of 12 months.

The support is targeted at the following groups of job seekers:

• long-term unemployed (over 700 days)
• under 30 years old (unemployed for 6 months)
• immigrants during the integration period
  (job seeker clients whose integration plan is valid at the start of the employment relationship)
• apprentices
  (under 30 years of age at least 6 months after unemployment) (over 30 years of age at least 700 days after unemployment)

Key conditions

• The employment relationship must be new and full-time (more than 80% of full-time working time)
• The support is subject to the employment requirement. The support can be received for a maximum of 12 months. The basis for the fixed-term contract must be something other than a substitute.
• the employee's municipality of residence must be Kankaanpää
• the employee's job search was valid at the time of the start of the employment relationship/the start of the benefit
• City of Kankaanpää the grant cannot be paid, if the employment area has granted support for the hiring of the same employee
• Grants are not granted for temporary employment.
• for a company engaged in business activities the grant is granted as de minimis aid

The labor supplement is applied for electronically using a form on the city's website, which requires strong identification to complete.

– An electronic application also speeds up the processing of the application, Development Director of the City of Kankaanpää Ulla Norrbo toteaa.

The payment of the subsidy is made in 1-3 month periods upon application by the employer. Employers and job seekers are encouraged to check the terms of the subsidy even in situations where the employment relationship has started within a month.

– If it has been less than a month since you hired a new employee, you can still apply for a labor supplement. This is definitely worth taking advantage of, Norrbo reminds.

The labor supplement is a discretionary and budget-related support.

Additional information, more detailed conditions and an application form can be found on the Kankaanpää City website:  City jobs and employment subsidies

Inquiries:
Development Director Ulla Norrbo
[email protected]

 

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