Grants for the creation of social jobs

 

The Tallinn City Enterprise Board provides grants for the creation of social jobs in order to stimulate the creation of social jobs for unemployed people living in Tallinn and to develop social employment in Tallinn in connection with the economic recession. Providing the grants will result in companies creating social jobs for the unemployed in order to prevent long-term unemployment and improve the employment situation.

A grant applicant must meet the following conditions:

• The company is registered in the Estonian Commercial Register, has at least 20 employees, and has operated for at least two years;
• The company has no tax debts;
• The number of new social jobs to be created is five to thirty;
• The workers hired for the social jobs have been Tallinn residents for at least one year based on the Population Register, and have been registered as unemployed immediately before being hired for the social jobs.

Grants are available to cover the salaries of workers hired for social jobs that have been, or are being created, by the applicant, which includes the following:
- the gross salary of the worker hired for a social job;
- the social tax calculated and paid on the aforementioned gross salary;
- the unemployment tax calculated and paid on the aforementioned gross salary.

The grant limit per worker per month is the minimum wage (currently 278.02 EUR) established by the Government of the Republic, to which social tax and unemployment tax are added. 

Grants covers up to 2/3 of the eligible costs, while the minimum self-financing is 1/3 of the eligible costs.

Grants are available an ongoing basis.

The decision to approve or reject a grant application is made by the evaluation committee based on the number of social jobs being created, the salary level and workload, feasibility of the application, and location of the applicant.

The evaluation committee shall approve or reject a proper completed application within thirty workdays of the receipt of the application by the Enterprise Board.

Grant recipients are required to submit reports regarding the previous month on the 12^th of each month, based on the procedure specified in the contract.

Grants are paid once a month, within 15 days of the Enterprise Board approving the grant recipient's reports and other required documents.

The use of the grants shall be checked by the Enterprise Board.

More information:

Tallinn City Enterprise Board
Vabaduse väljak 7
15199 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Phone + 372 640 4219
Fax +372 640 4208
E-mail: invest [ät] tallinnlv.ee