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50% salary grants for new staff

26 Apr 2011

Are you hoping to expand your Glasgow-based tourism or hospitality business? Are you looking to hire new staff for your company? Are you keen to pay a “living” wage for permanent staff? If this applies to you then your company could be eligible for a 50% salary grant for each new worker.

The Commonwealth Jobs Fund (CJF), which is run by Glasgow City Council and administered through its Glasgow Works programme, is encouraging employers to create new jobs for unemployed people by offering financial incentives.

The Fund is aimed at Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) that employ less than 250 people. To be eligible companies should have signed up to, or have plans to implement, the Glasgow Living Wage.

Fund set to pay half of worker’s salary

The Commonwealth Jobs Fund grant is 50% of actual salary costs for up to 12 months and up to a maximum of £6,507 per person. This is based on a 35-hour week, living wage salary of £13,013.

To qualify for grants, jobs must be:

Additional: The jobs must add to the maximum number of employees of the company over the three-month period prior to making an application.

Permanent: Jobs are not considered to be permanent if they are seasonal or are created for the execution of a specific/temporary contract, unless the job will extend beyond 18 months.

Have basic hours: 25 to 40 hours per week, excluding overtime.

Pay the living wage: £7.15 is the rate at which Glasgow City Council has set the guaranteed minimum standard of income.

 

Recruits should be:

* Aged 18-24 years on the date of recruitment

* Unemployed for a period of not less than 26 weeks prior to recruitment.

* Live within Glasgow local authority city boundary.

 To find out more about the CJF see Glasgow Works CJF