Department of Social

Protection presentation to

Employers at Skillnets SME

event Thu 7th November 2013

Sean Murphy (sean.murphy@welfare.ie)

& Hugh Rodgers(hugh.rodgers@welfare.ie)

We have been given a mandate to change

and we are changing….

“Put simply, no-one who loses his/her job should be allowed to drift, with no support, into long

term unemployment. “

Pathways to Work Paragraph 4, page 7.

A change that is as focussed on employers

as it is on unemployed people…

Through on-line and personalised service

Jobs Ireland Recruitment Service

European Recruitment Service (EURES)

JobBridge – The National Internship Scheme

Intreo Centres and Employment Services Offices - Nationwide

Rationale

• Two separate but related employment incentives

available to employers

– Employer Job PRSI scheme

– The Revenue Job Assist Scheme

• Existing schemes criticised for

– being complicated

– placing an administrative burden on

employers

– Consequently -Low take up

Rationale – Change to What?

• A new simplified incentive - JobsPlus

• Incentivise all employers to hire employees from

the Live Register, particularly long term

unemployed

JobsPlus vs. PRSI/RJA

» PRSI/RJA Schemes JobsPlus

• Certainty of benefit

• Immediate benefit

• Tangible benefit

• Admin Burden

– Online application

– Online verification

– Online communication

JobsPlus vs. PRSI/RJA

» PRSI/RJA schemes JobsPlus

• Pre Verification

• Consistent Conditions

• No limit on Employees

• Natural Turnover

That can deliver real savings to employers …

JobsPlus – New Jobs, Less Cost

•Available from July 2013

•An employment grant paid monthly in respect of employees hired from the live register

•Two Levels of Payment

• An employee who was unemployed for 12 mths – 24 mths: €7,500

• An employee who was unemployed for 2 years of more: €10,000

•Full- time employment over 30 hours per week

•For new vacancies, which do not displace existing employees

•Time spent on Jobbridge and other schemes counts towards eligibility

•(NEW PROVISION FOR UNDER 25s, who only need 6 months unemployed, will be provided for from 1 Jan 2014)

Some Conditions

• Jobs must be ‘full-time’ at least 30 hours p/w spanning at least four days p/w

• Employers must be compliant with Irish tax and employment laws

• Eligible jobs must not displace any other employee

• Recruits must have been unemployed for a period of at least 12 continuous months

• No limit on number eligible recruits per employer

• Available to employers filling new vacancies as consequence of natural turnover.

The JobsPlus Process In Five Easy Steps

Looking to recruit a new employee?

First, register for JobsPlus – its easy.

• Go to www.jobsplus.ie and register.

Employer on-line application (1)

Employer on-line application (2)

The JobsPlus Process In Five Easy Steps

Then identify your candidates.

• Advertise your job as normal.

• For help finding suitable, eligible candidates we recommend you contact:

- Your local Intreo Centre/Employment Service Office.

- Include your vacancy on www.jobsireland.ie.

The JobsPlus Process In Five Easy Steps

Shortlisted Candidates?

• Candidates must verify their eligibility with

www.jobsplus.ie.

• Eligible candidates will receive confirmation and a

JP1 form for you to complete.

Jobseeker on-line application

The JobsPlus Process In Five Easy Steps

Found your new employee?

Then just tell us.

• Return the JP1 form to the JobsPlus Team.

• You will be notified of approval.

• Offer position to candidate.

The JobsPlus Process In Five Easy Steps

And we do the rest!

• Agree a start date.

• Your new employee must close their jobseekers claim before starting work for the JobsPlus payment to be made.

• Payments to your company will be made by EFT monthly in arrears, over a two year period, whilst the employee remains in your employment.

How will JobsPlus effect

Employers bottom line….. • €312.50 per month lodged to bank account

if employ somebody between 1 and 2

years on Live Register

• €416.66 per month lodged to bank account

if employ somebody over 2 years on the

live register

Better service to Employers.

• Employers can employ (eligible) interns

direct from JobBridge to full time

employment….

• Employers can employ (eligible)

candidates on work experience element of

Momentum courses directly and benefit

from JobsPlus…..

JobsPlus Data

• DATA TO WEEKENDING 18th October 2013.

• As of the 18th October applications had been received

from 1,491 employers. Of these, 1,443 have been

approved for JobsPlus and 48 are currently being

processed or have to provide additional information.

• Applications have been received from 2,859 jobseekers

and 2,742 of these have been processed as of the 18th

October.

• Of these 2,199 have been found to be eligible for

JobsPlus. One thousand, four-hundred and fifteen

(1,415) of these jobseekers have been unemployed for

24 months or longer.

JobsPlus Data

• The Department has now matched 614

eligible jobseekers matched with eligible

employers. Of these 373 employees

(60.7%) unemployed for more than 24

months, meaning that the employer

qualified for an incentive of €10,000 in

respect of each of these employees (paid

monthly over two years..

JobBridge, the National

Internship Scheme • JobBridge is the National Internship Scheme that

provides work experience placements for interns for a 6

or 9 month period.

• The aim of the National Internship Scheme is to assist in

breaking the cycle where jobseekers are unable to get a

job without experience, either as new entrants to the

labour market after education or training or as

unemployed workers wishing to learn new skills. The

Scheme will also give people a real opportunity to gain

valuable experience to bridge the gap between study

and the beginning of their working lives.

SMEs utilise JobBridge!

–Employees Grand Total %

–0 - 49 13,534 61

–50 - 249 3,404 15

–250 + 4,863 22

–Undefined 337 2

–Grand Total 22,138

European Recruitment Service(EURES)

• Employers can advertise vacancies in Europe via the

Department of Social Protection Jobs Ireland Website or

by phoning the National Contact Centre at 1800611116

• EURES can also assist in providing specially tailored

European recruitment projects for individual employers

• Access to database of European Jobseekers looking to

work in Ireland

• The EURES service is free of charge to both jobseekers

and employers. To register phone 00 800 4080 4080.

Key contact details

Divisional Manager Cork Central – Maria Hurley Employer Liaison Manager CC – Sean Murphy Ph: 021-4917420 Ph: 086-824 8252 Email: maria.hurley@welfare.ie Email: sean.murphy@welfare.ie EURES Adviser/Employer Liaison Officer – Hugh Rodgers Ph: 086-795 1894 Email: hugh.rodgers@welfare.ie

National Contact Centre Freephone: 1800 611116