Be the first to comment!Gozo Employment Refund Scheme – one-off measure launched
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Gozo Employment Refund Scheme is a one-off measure launched for companies that generated employment in Gozo from 2018 to apply for the reimbursement of the employee’s salary.
Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri, speaking during the launch said that this scheme, which entered into force in 2018, has helped those who have benefited from it.
However, Minister Camilleri explained that this is a scheme that operates on an annual basis and therefore a company that generated employment in 2019 and did not apply for the scheme, could not be eligible to apply in 2020 for reimbursement, even if the terms of the scheme are all correct according to the guidelines.
He therefore said that the Ministry for Gozo is opening the eligibility through a one-off measure so that these companies can apply for a salary refund for the employee. The same employee must still be engaged with the company without any period of term of unemployment.
Minister Camilleri went on to say that the Gozo Employment Refund Scheme is a scheme aimed at creating more sustainable jobs in Gozo on a full-time basis.
He explained how enterprises and companies in Gozo that generate new employment, where the worker is given a minimum contract of three years, benefit from a salary reimbursement of up to a maximum of € 6,000 over a period of three years.
In order to comply with the guidelines, the employee must be awarded a minimum employment contract of three years.
Minister Camilleri stated that, “this is a measure that testifies to the importance that this government attaches to the creation and protection of sustainable employment. Here, we are especially addressing Gozitan enterprises in order to increase their competitiveness.”
The Minister for Gozo, Clint Camilleri, concluded by encouraging those Gozitan enterprises and companies that are eligible to apply so as not to miss this opportunity.
For more information, please contact the Directorate of Tourism and Economic Development at the Ministry for Gozo on employerscheme.mgoz@gov.mt or 22100285. Applications will remain open until December the 31st, 2020.
