Factsheet for measure
ES-2020-22/1887
– measures in Spain
Subsidies to encourage the hiring of older workers
Subvenciones para incentivar la contratación de personas trabajadoras de edad adulta
Background information
Older workers, and in particular those aged 55 or more, may face significant problems to find a new job once they're unemployed. These subsidies are aimed to support companies in hiring workers who, on the start date of the eligible contract, have 55 or more years and have been fired from the start date of the alarm state until the date determined in the corresponding call or come from companies that have closed in that period.
Content of measure
Self-employed workers and SMEs with less than 250 employees may benefit from these incentives. Moreover, companies and self-employed must comply with the following requirements:
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That employment level of the company is maintained for at least 6 months from the start date of the eligible contract.
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That the contract has a minimum initial duration of at least one year.
The amount of the subsidy will be €8,000 per worker hired on full-time basis. Workers hired though this policy measure must have been fired or become unemployed due to business closure after the beginning of the state of alarm.
Use of measure
No information available.
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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Local / regional government
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Regional funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative
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Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative
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Form
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Direct consultation outside a formal body
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Direct consultation outside a formal body
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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Social partners jointly
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Main level of involvement: Regional or local level
Involvement
Social partners were involved in tripartite social dialogue with the regional government in order to define policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis. Some of the agreements reached in that process were translated into law.
Views and reactions
As social partners were involved in social dialogue with the government, they fully support this measure.
Sources
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16 April 2020: DECRETO-Ley 2/2020, de 16 de abril, de medidas urgentes y extraordinarias para la protección de las personas y las empresas de Castilla y León frente al impacto económico y social del COVID-19
(www.tramitacastillayleon.jcyl.es)
