The Employee Recruitment Incentive can provide up to £8000 to help you recruit and employ someone to a new job. The aim is to help those facing the greatest barriers to employment find and retain a job.
How it works
Angus Council will pay the fund directly to employers on an instalment basis.
New employees must not start the post until funding is agreed.
For a job to be eligible for funding it must:
- be a new role, not covering sickness/maternity or a redundant post
- offer a minimum of 52 weeks' employment
- guarantee a minimum of 16 hours employment each week (conditions apply)
- have a contract of employment: that is, a permanent contract; a fixed term contract for 52 weeks or more; or a fixed term contract for the duration of the Modern Apprenticeship
Employees must receive a written contract of employment within four weeks of starting. We will need a copy of this.
Who you can employ
You can employ someone who:
- lives in Angus
- is unemployed or leaving full-time education with no positive destination
- is aged between 16 and 67
- meets the ERI criteria listed below
Funding rates
The fund offers an employer a tiered amount of up to £8000 over a period of 26 weeks for up to two employees. This is based on the hourly rate of pay and contracted hours for each employee as shown below:
- A job with 16-20 contracted hours per week, paid at an hourly rate no less than the National Minimum Wage: £2000
- A job with 21-29 contracted hours per week, paid at an hourly rate no less than the National Minimum Wage: £4000
- A job with 30 or more contracted hours per week, paid at an hourly rate of no less than the National Minimum Wage: £6000
- A job with 16-20 contracted hours per week, paid at an hourly rate no less than the Real Living Wage: £4000
- A job with 21-29 contracted hours per week, paid at an hourly rate no less than the Real Living Wage: £6000
- A job with 30+ contracted hours per week, paid at an hourly rate of no less than the Real Living Wage: £8000
How funding is paid
|
Payment Due Date |
Award £2000 |
Award £4000 |
Award £6000 |
Award £8000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 weeks after employment start date – No payment for less than 4 weeks |
£500 |
£1000 |
£1000 |
£1500 |
|
13 weeks after employment start date – No pro-rata payment between 4-13 weeks |
£500 |
£1500 |
£2000 |
£2500 |
|
26 weeks after employment start date – No pro-rata payment between 13-26 weeks |
£1000 |
£1500 |
£3000 |
£4000 |
ERI Criteria
Individuals are eligible for Employer Recruitment Incentive support if they are unemployed and meet one or more of the following barriers to employment criteria:
- Disabled (those who have an impairment or long-term health condition)
- Experiencing mental health issues
- Care experienced
- Primary Carer
- Person with a conviction (including CPO’s)
- Person aged over 50 years
- No or limited work experience
- Early leavers from the armed forces, veterans, and ex-forces personnel
- Long-term unemployed
- Person who has failed their ESA Work Capability Assessment
- People from Ethnic Minority backgrounds and racial groups, with a targeted approach informed by local population data
- Gypsy/travelling community
- Partner of current or ex-Armed Forces personnel
- Person requiring support with language, literacy, or numeracy, including those for whom English is an additional language
- Lone parent
- Low skilled
- A young person who was receiving additional support for learning in school
- Refugee or other granted leave to stay in the UK
- Homeless person (including temporary or unstable accommodation)
- Person affected by substance misuse
- Living in a household with children in poverty
- Person living in the 15% most employment deprived SIMD geographies (see ESF Scottish Local Authority Employment Deprived Area Postcodes list)
- Person living in an area defined as “rural area” or “very remote rural”
- Living in a jobless household
- Armed Forces Veteran
Find out more
Contact our Skills Team. Email skillsteam@angus.gov.uk or call 01307 492039.
About ERIs
Employer Recruitment Incentives (ERIs) help stimulate demand in the labour market.
They integrate with existing employability and skills programmes. ERIs can help pay for the recruitment and retention of eligible people in employment. They can be used for additional supervisory costs, training, initial travel to work costs, specialist in work support, or wages.
ERIs provide and protect opportunities for those with the greatest barriers to employment. This will help enable people to find and remain in sustainable employment. It will support local people, employers and a fairer and stronger labour market.
Employers receiving ERI support are investing in and improving outcomes for individuals.
All employers in receipt of an ERI should promote and embed fair work in line with the Fair Work First Guidance.
Objectives
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providing consistency across Scotland (adapting to local circumstances)
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enabling a responsive approach which meets the needs of individuals and employers.
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contributing to a fairer, more inclusive economy
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addressing the challenges of inequality and disadvantage within the Scottish labour market