{"id":2430,"date":"2026-09-21T11:25:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/?page_id=2430"},"modified":"2026-10-06T08:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:14:38","slug":"employment-supports-and-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/en-us\/employment-supports-and-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment Supports and Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2430\" class=\"elementor elementor-2430\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78241466 e-flex e-con-boxed sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"78241466\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-animation-type=\"block\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b7ebbbb elementor-widget__width-auto animation_type_block sc_fly_static elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b7ebbbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;ta_fadeinup&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Employment Supports and Services<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26dab55f e-flex e-con-boxed sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26dab55f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c22a26 e-con-full e-flex sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77c22a26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e149228 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e149228\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-2661\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10.png 1200w, https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10-370x247.png 370w, https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10-924x616.png 924w, https:\/\/wp-demo-dsp.consultant.worknetix.wcc-group-webservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10-410x273.png 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2176740f e-flex e-con-boxed sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2176740f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ae539fc sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ae539fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>This page tells you about employment supports and services for employers.<\/strong><\/p><h4><strong>JobsPlus<\/strong><\/h4><p>JobsPlus is an employer incentive which encourages and rewards employers who offer employment opportunities to individuals who are unemployed. It provides employers with two levels of payment: \u20ac7,500 or \u20ac10,000 over 18 months, with the level of payment depending on the age of the jobseeker and the length of time in receipt of a qualifying payment.<\/p><p>For further information:<\/p><p>Contact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/en\/department-of-social-protection\/collections\/employer-relations-contact-list\/\">your local Employer Relations Officer<\/a><\/p><p>Visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/en\/department-of-social-protection\/services\/jobsplus\/\">gov.ie\/JobsPlus<\/a><\/p><h4><strong>Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP)<\/strong><\/h4><p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/en\/department-of-social-protection\/services\/work-placement-experience-programme\/\">Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP)<\/a>\u00a0allows employers to host a jobseeker on a work experience placement and to help the jobseeker to build new skills and gain valuable work experience.<\/p><p>Employers who host a WPEP participant will provide a placement for 6 months with the participant attending for work experience for 30 hours a week. There is no cost to the host\/employer; the participant will be paid by the Department of Social Protection during their work placement. The WPEP payment will be a minimum of \u20ac369 per week per participant. No top-up payments from an employer to the participant are permitted. Jobseekers must meet the WPEP eligibility criteria.<\/p><p>For further information:<\/p><p>Contact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/en\/department-of-social-protection\/collections\/employer-relations-contact-list\/\">your local Employer Relations Officer<\/a><\/p><p>Visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/en\/department-of-social-protection\/services\/work-placement-experience-programme-employers\/\">Gov.ie\/Work Placement Experience Programme &#8211; Employers<\/a><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h4><strong>Redundancy<\/strong><\/h4><p>If your business is facing redundancies, Intreo can assist your workers to plan ahead by providing:<\/p><ul><li>support to access new job opportunities.<\/li><li>advice on education and training opportunities.<\/li><\/ul><p>If you are financially unable to pay statutory redundancy, we can directly pay employees a once off payment under the Redundancy Payments Scheme. We will seek to recover the debt from you as the employer through an agreed schedule of repayments.<\/p><p>For more information:<\/p><p>Visit:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.ie\/redundancy\">www.gov.ie\/redundancy<\/a><\/p><p>Contact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/en\/department-of-social-protection\/collections\/employer-relations-contact-list\/\">your local Employer Relations Officer<\/a><\/p><p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:redundancypayments@welfare.ie\">redundancypayments@welfare.ie<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66eb3662 e-flex e-con-boxed sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66eb3662\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5068e750 e-con-full e-flex sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5068e750\" 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