2024-09-30T18:19:00
Portugal
support for internships and open-ended contracts for unemployed individuals and qualified young people
On September 23, 2024, the government approved a set of measures to promote employment. These include financial support for internships and open-ended contracts for unemployed individuals and qualified young people.
Measure
| - Support for holding professional internships lasting 6 months—which cannot be extended—or 12 months for people with disabilities
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Eligible entities
| - Natural persons or non-governmental legal persons with or without profit motives that meet the legal requirements, such as having their tax and social security affairs in order, and not having been convicted of a serious or very serious labor infringement in the past two years
- Companies undergoing recovery (insolvency or pre-insolvency) can also aply
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Elegible interns | - Young people (= 35 years) and other unemployed individuals registered with the Employment and Professional Training Institute (Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, “IEFP”), holding a level 4 or 5 qualification according to the National Qualifications Framework ("NQF")
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Intern benefits
| - Monthly internship grant (up to 1.8 times the Social Support Index ("IAS); in 2024: €916.67)
- Meal or food allowance
- Occupational accident insurance
- Transportation for individuals with disabilities
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Financial support
| - 65% internship copayment (80% in certain situations)
- Meal or food allowance
- Occupational accident insurance
- Transportation
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Financial support payment
| - In two installments (three for individuals with disabilities)
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Application
| - IEFP to announce annual application period
- Applications are open from October 3, 2024, until 6:00 p.m. on April 28, 2025
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Measure
| - Financial support for entering full-time, open-ended employment contracts
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Eligible entities
| - Natural persons or non-governmental legal persons with or without profit motives that meet the legal requirements, such as having their tax and social security affairs in order, and not having been convicted of a serious or very serious labor infringement in the past two years
- Companies undergoing recovery (insolvency or pre-insolvency) can also apply
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Eligible employees
| - Unemployed individuals registered with the IEFP for at least three months
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Conditions
| - Having a job listing on the IEFP portal, indicating application for this measure
- Not having any collective redundancies or redundancies due to elimination of the work post or to non-adaptation in the three months before submitting the application
- Having net job creation
- Maintaining the employment level achieved through the support for at least 24 months from the first month of the supported contract
- Providing professional training during the support period
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Financial support
| - 12 times the IAS (in 2024: €6,111.12)
- Possible 5% increase in certain situations
- Up to four cumulative increases
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Financial support payment | |
Application
| - IEFP to establish and announce application periods
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This program is aimed at promoting qualified employment and attracting talent, especially among young people. The program includes two measures:
A. +Talent Internships
Measure
| - Support for professional internships lasting 6 months—which cannot be extended—or 12 months for individuals with disabilities
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Eligible entities
| - Natural persons or non-governmental legal persons with or without profit motives that meet the legal requirements, such as having their tax and social security affairs in order, and not having been convicted of a serious or very serious labor infringement in the past two years
- Companies undergoing recovery (insolvency or pre-insolvency) can also apply
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Eligible interns
| - Young unemployed individuals registered with the IEFP or who have permanently emigrated for at least 12 months, aged = 35 years, with a level 6 or higher qualification according to the NQF (bachelor’s degree)
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Intern benefits
| - Monthly internship grant (up to 2.6 times the IAS; in 2024: €1,324.08)
- Meal or food allowance
- Occupational accident insurance
- Transportation
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Financial support
| - 65% internship copayment (80% in certain situations)
- Meal or food allowance
- Occupational accident insurance
- Transportation
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Financial support payment
| - In two installments (three for individuals with disabilities)
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Application
| - IEFP to announce annual application period
- Applications are open from October 3, 2024, until 6:00 p.m. on April 28, 2025
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B. +Talent Employment
Measure
| - Support for full-time, open-ended contracts, with an entry salary not lower than that of a graduate in the general career of senior technician in the Public Administration (in 2024: €1,385.98)
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Eligible entities
| - Natural persons or non-governmental legal persons with or without profit motives that meet the legal requirements, such as having their tax and social security affairs in order, and not having been convicted of a serious or very serious labor infringement in the past two years
- Companies under recovery (insolvency or pre-insolvency) can also apply
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Eligible employees
| - Young unemployed individuals registered with the IEFP or who have permanently emigrated for at least 12 months, aged = 35 years, with a level 6, 7 or 8 qualification according to the NQF (bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate)
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Conditions
| - Having a job listing on the IEFP portal, indicating application for this measure
- Not having collective redundancies or redundancies due to elimination of the work post or to non-adaptation in the three months before submitting the application
- Having net job creation
- Maintaining the employment level achieved through the support for at least 24 months from the first month of the supported contract
- Providing professional training during the support period
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Financial support
| - 18 times the IAS (in 2024: €9,166.68)
- Possible 35% increase in certain situations
- Up to four cumulative increases
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Financial support payment
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Application
| - IEFP to establish and announce the application periods
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We recommend that companies map their activity to see the extent to which they could benefit from any of the above measures.