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Cyprus State grants encourage the hiring of disabled people

24th July 2009

This week the Cabinet in Cyprus gave its agreement to spend €4 million on two plans to encourage the employment of vulnerable population groups over the next four years.

Cyprus Government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou is reported to have said that the first plan was directed at people with disabilities with a budget of €1 million for the period 1st August, 2009 to 30th September, 2013.

Private companies and local authorities would receive grants of up to 75 per cent of 'disabled individuals’ annual salaries for a period of 24 months in an effort to encourage hiring disabled people.

Employers would also be subsidised for any costs involved in adapting working conditions or hiring costs of support staff employed to assist the integration of disabled people into the workplace.

The second plan was directed at vulnerable social groups who were unemployed. These included people who had been out of work for six months or more, early school leavers, older people, single-parent recipients of financial benefits, former drug users and youths under the Social Welfare Services’ legal guardianship.

Labour Minister Sotiroulla Charalambous will be announcing further details regarding the two plans at a later date.



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