Is there an employer subsidy in the UK?

falko89

I didn't know such a thing existed until today, but in Northern Ireland an employer gets a subsidy of £75 a week for 26 weeks for taking on an unemployed person. The long running theory on here has been that most jobs got to people already employed so I wonder why companies don't take advantage of this, probably like me don't know anything about it.

MissSarah1972

falko89 wrote: »

I didn't know such a thing existed until today, but in Northern Ireland an employer gets a subsidy of £75 a week for 26 weeks for taking on an unemployed person. The long running theory on here has been that most jobs got to people already employed so I wonder why companies don't take advantage of this, probably like me don't know anything about it.

no there isn't

wantsajob

There was mention of doing a similar thing in Wales for young people. My opinion on this is that when it happens, employers will just go for the cheap labour. Once the cheap period is up, the employee will wave goodbye, as another subsidised one is recruited. This also means people who are not subsidised have less chance of getting a job. Much like the workfare programme that saw people working in Tesco, Poundland etc for their benefits, and no pay from the organisation raking in billions of profit. http://www.boycottworkfare.org/

Notmyrealname

There are various schemes on the go in one form or another usually under the New Deal.

MissSarah1972

Notmyrealname wrote: »

There are various schemes on the go in one form or another usually under the New Deal.

There is no such thing as the New Deal anymore.

Notmyrealname

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

There is no such thing as the New Deal anymore.

Fair enough. I've not been unemployed for more than a decade.

There are still definitely employer subsidies through various schemes though, especially for those on sickness related benefits.

jfh7gwa

Isn't a whole chunk of the benefits system a form of employer subsidy - how else can there be so many working poor, who couldn't pay their household bills without the government top ups? (Working tax credits etc.)

falko89

jfh7gwa wrote: »

Isn't a whole chunk of the benefits system a form of employer subsidy - how else can there be so many working poor, who couldn't pay their household bills without the government top ups? (Working tax credits etc.)

Thats actually true.

MissSarah1972

Notmyrealname wrote: »

Fair enough. I've not been unemployed for more than a decade.

There are still definitely employer subsidies through various schemes though, especially for those on sickness related benefits.

I do not know about those on the sick but there are no subsidies for others to get back in to work

falko89

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

I do not know about those on the sick but there are no subsidies for others to get back in to work

Doesn't really matter anyway as the unemployment rate continually rises every month over here.