Employer Recruitment Incentive

On 22 February 2011, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance announced that funding of up to £7.5 million would be available for Skills Development Scotland to offer recruitment incentives to employers. This guidance provides an outline of eligibility for the new incentives as well as the 16-19 year old incentives funded through the ESF Supporting Business Through Recovery programme. The support is designed to assist small companies to recruit particular groups of individuals who are adversely affected in the current economic circumstances.

The offer

Employers who take on an individual as a Modern Apprentice (MA) can receive up to £2,000 towards recruitment and small business employment support costs. The amount available depends on the individual recruited matching the eligibility criteria and the company size (by number of employees i.e. up to 49 employees).

Taking on a MA

From 21 December 2011 onwards this incentive is available to employers recruiting a Modern Apprentice, who matches at least one of the following criteria:

1 16-19 year old who is recruited or has progressed to a MA from 21 December 2011.
2 Individuals 20 years of age plus and 3 months unemployed starting a MA from 21 December 2011 onwards. The individual must commence their MA training programme and be registered as a start no later than 3 months from the start date of employment with the same employer.

Businesses with more than 49 employees may be eligible for £1000 incentive.

Please consider this very good offer and if you have eligible candidates please contact Claire on 01738 637785 on or after Wednesday 4th January.

There will be an administration fee charged by Scottish Meat Training upon successful registrations.

More information at the link below.