JobPlus

New scheme launched to incentivise employers to hire persons who are long-term unemployed

JobsPlus is a new employer incentive scheme operated by the Department of Social Protection which will incentivise businesses to hire jobseekers from the Live Register, boost job creation and reduce long-term unemployment.

The innovative scheme is focused on people who are long-term unemployed, and will see the State cover approximately €1 in €4 of the typical cost of hiring someone who has been on the Live Register for 12 months or more.

Under the scheme, regular cash payments will be made to employers to offset wage costs where they employ persons who have been on the Live Register for more than 12 months. The incentive will be payable, on a monthly basis, over a two-year period and will provide two levels of payment:

A payment of €7,500 over two years to the employer for each person recruited who has been unemployed for between 12 and 24 months; and
€10,000 over two years to the employer for each person recruited who has been unemployed for more than 24 months.

Further information and advice on all aspects of the JobPlus incentive is available:

at www.jobplus.ie