Employer benefits

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You would like to hire a new employee, but their work performance is impaired due to the requirements of the job and personal reasons.
In this case, you can receive a subsidy (EGZ = integration subsidy) to supplement their salary in order to compensate for their reduced performance.

Who and what can be supported?

• The employer can receive a subsidy if the future employee is eligible for benefits under SGB II and eligible for support.
• The employer can be granted up to 50% of the regular salary paid and the flat-rate employer's share of the total social security contribution for a maximum period of twelve months.
• For severely disabled or other disabled persons, the amount and duration of the integration subsidy can be extended in accordance with Section 90 SGB III in relation to the scope of benefits.
• Special feature: A temporary, subsidised employment relationship in accordance with § 46 SGB III (trial employment for people with disabilities) prior to recruitment is harmless.
  
  

 Remuneration to be taken into account

Regular pay (excluding one-off payments) is eligible for the allowances. The pay must correspond to the collectively agreed regulations or, if there is no collectively agreed regulation, to the customary local pay for comparable activities.

Funding exclusion

Funding is excluded,

• if it can be assumed that the employer has caused the termination of an employment relationship in order to receive an integration subsidy.
• if the employee is hired by an employer who has employed the employee for more than three months during the last four years prior to the start of the subsidy.
  
  

Deadline fulfilment

The benefits must be applied for in good time before the employment contract is concluded and before the employment relationship begins at the responsible job centre. In the event of a negative decision, the risk of premature termination and employment is borne by the employer.
The subsidies are paid retrospectively on a monthly basis.
The post-employment period corresponds to the subsidy period and lasts for a maximum of twelve months.

Further information

Do you have any further questions or require assistance with applying for benefits? Your contacts at the Salzlandkreis Job Centre will be happy to help you.

 Forms

Integration subsidy Registration for social insurance
Integration subsidy Final declaration for the funding period
Integration subsidy Declaration of continued employment

You would like to hire a new employee, but their work performance is impaired due to the requirements of the job and personal reasons related to a disability.
In this case, you can enter into a subsidised, temporary trial employment relationship before concluding the employment contract.

Who and what can be supported?

A trial employment is intended to make it easier for disabled and severely disabled persons and persons of equivalent status to enter or re-enter working life.
The personnel costs for a temporary trial employment of a disabled or severely disabled person can be covered for up to three months. The prerequisite is that this improves the possibility of participation in working life or results in full and permanent participation in working life.

Remuneration to be taken into account

The regular pay (excluding one-off payments) is taken into account for the allowances. The pay must correspond to the collectively agreed regulations or, if there is no collectively agreed regulation, to the customary local pay for comparable activities.

 Deadline fulfilment

Applications for benefits must be submitted to the relevant job centre in good time before the start of the employment relationship. In the event of a negative decision, the risk of premature termination and employment is borne by the employer.
Subsidies are paid retrospectively on a monthly basis.

Further information

Do you have any further questions or require assistance with applying for benefits? Your contacts at the Salzlandkreis Job Centre will be happy to help you.

 Forms

Trial employment Registration for social security
Trial employment Remuneration and employment certificate
Trial employment Final declaration

 Flyer

"Recruitment of severely disabled people - information for employers"

The entry-level qualification (EQ) is a programme developed by the business community as part of the training pact. It provides young people who are eligible for benefits, have no vocational qualifications and face barriers to employment with vocational skills and abilities through work placements, thereby supporting their entry into vocational training.
The in-company entry-level qualification serves to teach and consolidate the basics for acquiring professional competence and is based on the content of recognised training occupations.
The in-company entry-level qualification includes a long-term in-company internship of at least 4 to a maximum of 12 months. The company should aim to take on the intern for subsequent training.

What can be subsidised?

Eligible for funding are those registered with the job centre

• Training applicants with individually limited placement prospects who have not found a training place even after the nationwide follow-up placement programmes.
• Training seekers who do not yet fully meet the necessary training requirements.
• People with learning difficulties and socially disadvantaged trainees.
• Applicants over the age of 25 and persons with a higher education entrance qualification can only be sponsored in justified exceptional cases.

Employers can receive support in the form of allowances for remuneration plus a flat-rate share of the trainee's average total social security contributions. For trainees with learning difficulties or social disadvantages, training support can be provided if necessary in accordance with Section 75 SGB III.

Checklist for offering and implementing introductory training

• Define internship content, duration, remuneration and selection criteria for the EQ position provided.
• Report the EQ placement to your chamber and the job centre.
• The person interested in EQ must be registered with the job centre for the purpose of checking eligibility for funding.
• Clarify whether the EQ participant is required to attend vocational school, if so, register with the vocational school
• When hiring EQ participants with learning difficulties or social disadvantages, if necessary have the job centre check whether additional training support is available.
• Conclusion of an EQ contract with the EQ applicant and forwarding a copy to the relevant chamber
• Register the EQ participant with social insurance and the employers' liability insurance association.
• Apply for an internship allowance before the start of the internship at the job centre responsible for you.

EQ contract, remuneration and compulsory insurance

An EQ contract is concluded with the participant with an obligation to pay remuneration in accordance with § 26 BBiG. This is an employment relationship subject to social security contributions. The employer bears the material and personnel costs of the introductory training programme as well as the contribution to the employers' liability insurance association. Standard industry wage agreements must be observed.

Deadline fulfilment

Funding begins on 1 October at the earliest. Early commencement of the programme from 1 August is possible for applicants from previous school years, those with learning difficulties and socially disadvantaged individuals, as well as young people who are not yet fully trained.
The application for benefits under the entry-level qualification programme must be submitted to the responsible Jobcentre in good time before the start of the qualification.
There is no legal entitlement to a subsidy for an entry-level qualification. The Jobcentre will examine each individual case to determine whether the eligibility requirements are met and, if so, the amount of funding that can be provided.

 Further information

Do you have any further questions or require assistance with applying for benefits? Your contacts at the Salzlandkreis Job Centre will be happy to help you.

 Forms

Entry-level qualification Registration SV
Entry-level qualification Final declaration on the funding period 

Flyer

"Entry qualification"

The 10th SGB II Amendment Act – Participation Opportunities Act came into force on 1 January 2019. Both instruments – Section 16e SGB II and Section 16i SGB II – provide for the possibility of comprehensive employment support for the long-term unemployed, which can be provided by the job centre itself or by a third party. In order to create additional
employment opportunities on the labour market, the Act provides financial support for employers who hire the long-term unemployed. Wage subsidies of up to 100% can be granted for a period of up to five years. The reference value for the subsidy is the minimum wage plus a flat-rate employer's contribution to the total social security contribution minus the contribution to employment promotion (unemployment insurance contribution). If the employer is obliged to pay a higher wage by or on the basis of a collective agreement, the subsidy is calculated on the basis of the wage to be paid.
In conjunction with the 2019 Federal Budget Act, which also includes the passive-active transfer, this opens up additional opportunities for job centres, especially for the long-term unemployed.

Information flyer "Participation Opportunities Act" for employers

Further information on the Participation Opportunities Act