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EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DIVISION DIVISION Employers Employers’ ’ Services & Schemes Services & Schemes
SLIDE 2 Overview of ETC Services
- Vacancy Profiling (VPU) – free vacancy
advertisements
- Job Brokerage – matching services (for full and
part-time work)
- Job Centres – reaching out to the labour market
by taking a step towards the community
- Website facilities – all you need at the click of a
button
SLIDE 3 Overview of ETC Services
- Open Days / Recruitment Drives – additional
services for multiple vacancies
- EURES Malta – Helping you recruit in Europe
- Employment Schemes – Giving you the chance to
train and recruit the right person
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EMPLOYMENT SCHEMES
JES – Job Experience Scheme WSS – Work Start Scheme PSPS – Private Sector Placement Scheme BTG – Bridging the Gap Scheme
SLIDE 5 NEW Employer ELIGIBILITY Criteria
- All public and private organisations, including
NGOs, are eligible to participate as long as :
- Employers must not have redundancies in a
similar position to that being applied for in the last 6 months;
- Employers are not blacklisted by the Corporation
in accordance to the ETC Black listing Policy
SLIDE 6 EMPLOYER SELECTION CRITERIA
Priority will be given to:
- Private sector.
- Employers who offer greater prospects for
employment.
- Employers applying for vacancies in line with the
job preferences of registered unemployed job seekers.
- Employers putting forward a training program
beneficial to the participant.
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JOB EXPERIENCE SCHEME – ESF72
School leavers undergoing job interviews tend to meet problems due to lack of work experience. The JES was introduce to give new job seekers the experience they need. Eligibility Youth job seekers (16 – 24 years) with no experience in their job preferences.
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Maximum duration of 13 consecutive weeks, based on a 20-hour week (4 hrs a day). The employer is to provide the in house training and the participant will be paid 46.58 /Lm20 per week directly from ETC each month for the duration of the training program. Duration of Programme
JOB EXPERIENCE SCHEME (cont.)
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WORK START SCHEME
The Work Start Scheme was introduced for adults who have been out of the workforce for a long time, and those that have never worked in their line of studies.
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Eligibility Adult job seekers (25 years and over) who have been inactive for the past 5 years. Registered adults with academic qualifications who have never worked in their line of their course they have followed.
WORK START SCHEME (cont.)
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Maximum duration of 13 consecutive weeks, based on a 20-hour week (4 hrs a day) The employer is to provide the in house training and the participant will be paid 34.94 / LM 15 per week directly from ETC each month for the duration of the training program.
WORK START SCHEME (cont.)
Duration of Programme
SLIDE 12 PRIVATE SECTOR PLACEMENT SCHEME
The scheme provides jobseekers with work experience and the opportunity to increase their skills at the
- workplace. The employer benefits from the output
- f the jobseeker and the possibility to observe his/her
performance with a view to possible recruitment.
Expression of interest - Employers interested to join this scheme should fill up the relevant application form and send it back to the Schemes Unit by Friday 29th February at the latest.
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PRIVATE SECTOR PLACEMENT SCHEME (cont.)
Eligibility The Private Sector Placement Scheme is open to: Youths aged between 16 and 24 who have been registering for more than six months and adults aged 25 and over registering for twelve or more months.
SLIDE 14 PRIVATE SECTOR PLACEMENT
SCHEME (cont.) Duration of Programme The placement can be of a maximum duration of 12 consecutive weeks, based on a 30-hour week (i.e. 6 hrs a day). The ETC will be giving participants 105 / LM45.08 per week for the duration of the
- scheme. This will not interfere with other benefits
received by participants.
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BRIDGING THE GAP
The scheme is designed to support a trainee in the transition period from unemployment to employment. It allows the employer to evaluate the performance of the trainee in the workplace, prior to proper engagement. Eligibility Registered Disabled Persons who are registering as unemployed
SLIDE 16 BRIDGING THE GAP
Duration of Programme The placement can be of a minimum duration of 13 weeks and a maximum of 26 consecutive weeks (i.e. six months). The ETC will be giving 80% of the minimum wage to
- participants. Trainees however will have to renounce the
rights to any social security benefits throughout the work exposure Phase should these exceed the minimum wage.
SLIDE 17 Applying for Employment Schemes
- Process to apply for employment schemes
Employer fills application form Eligibility checked Data reporting Referrals from EAs PLACEMENT
www.etc.gov.mt
SLIDE 18 THANK YOU Nicola Cassar
Senior Executive – Employers’ Services & Schemes
nicola.p.cassar@gov.mt tel : 22201220 fax : 22201812 www.etc.gov.mt
