New legislative measures for employment stimulation

The state shall subsidize up to 50 per cent employers who have hired the following groups of unemployed persons, directed to them by the Employment Agency: unemployed persons having more than 6 months registration with the Agency; unemployed persons up to 24 years of age; unemployed persons with lower-secondary education or primary education; as well as unemployed persons aged over 50 years.

With the changes in the Employment Promotion Act where a job position is created and an unemployed person with disabilities is hired, the state shall support the employer by providing up to 75 percent of the employee’s salary of the for a period of not less than 3 and not more than 12 months.