Youth recruitment subsidy

• Recruitment subsidy can be granted for hiring a young person aged 18–29 who has been unemployed for at least six months during the past seven months and is registered as a jobseeker at the time the recruitment agreement is made
• Recruitment subsidy can also be granted after only three months of unemployment if the young person has completed only basic education.
• The young person’s municipality of residence must be within the Tampere region employment area.  Area includes the following municipalities: Akaa, Juupajoki, Kangasala, Kuhmoinen, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Pälkäne, Ruovesi, Tampere, Urjala, Valkeakoski, Vesilahti, Virrat and Ylöjärvi.
• The young person must be a registered job seeker in the Tampere region employment area.
• The application for the recruitment subsidy is submitted by a representative of the employer.
• The employer must commit to employing the young person for at least six months.
• The salary paid to the young person must follow the applicable collective agreement. If no collective agreement applies, the employer must pay a normal and reasonable salary.
• The subsidy covers half of the wage costs, up to a maximum of 1 500 euros per month.
• The subsidy cannot be granted for hiring a young person whose salary costs or recruitment have already been supported with a wage subsidy, recruitment subsidy or municipal supplement, if less than three years have passed since the previous subsidy ended.

• The employer's municipality of residence may be located anywhere in Finland. The young person being hired must have their municipality of residence within the Tampere region employment area and must be a registered job seeker in the area. The employment area municipalities are Akaa, Juupajoki, Kangasala, Kuhmoinen, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Pälkäne, Ruovesi, Tampere, Urjala, Valkeakoski, Vesilahti, Virrat and Ylöjärvi.
• An agreement on the recruitment subsidy is made between the employment authority and the employer
• The employment authority undertakes to pay the employer 50 percent of the salary costs incurred from employing the young person for a period of six months, up to a maximum of 1 500 euros per month.
• The employer undertakes to employ the unemployed young person for at least six months in either full-time or part-time employment. The minimum hours for part-time employment are 25 hours a week.
• The conditions relating to the employer and the employment relationship are met.
• The recruitment subsidy for young people is based on a government grant received by the employment authority: Government Decree on State Aid to Employment Authorities for Employing Unemployed Young People in 2026 and 2027.

• The employment relationship may not begin until the employer and City of Tampere Employment and Growth Services have signed an agreement on subsidy.
• The employment relationship must last for at least six months.
• The employment relationship may be full-time or part-time, with a minimum of 25 hours per week.
• However, the subsidy is not available for so-called zero-hour contracts or on-call contracts. Furthermore, the subsidy is not available for seasonal, summer, or temporary work.
• An employer can receive subsidy for several employees. There is no limit to the number.
• The subsidy is also available for apprenticeship training.
• Subsidy is not granted if it distorts competition in relation to others offering the same products or services.
• The salary must be in accordance with the collective agreement applicable to the employment relationship in question. If there is no applicable collective agreement, a normal and reasonable salary must be paid.
• Subsidy will not be granted if the employer has substantially neglected its obligations to pay taxes or statutory contributions.
• Subsidy will not be granted if the employer has dismissed employees for production-related or financial reasons in such a way that the employee's notice period has ended within 12 months prior to the application for support and the number of employees has decreased as a result.
• Wage subsidies and recruitment subsidies are not granted for the same employee at the same time.
• Recruitment subsidy will not be granted if the employer has been granted wage subsidy or a municipal supplement for the employment of the same job seeker and less than three years have passed since the end of the support.
• The subsidy is 50% of the wage costs, up to a maximum of 1 500 euros per month and a total of 9 000 euros per young person employed.
• The subsidy only covers wage costs and does not cover ancillary costs related to the employment relationship. The subsidy is granted as de minimis -aid. The subsidy is not granted if the de minimis -aid limit is exceeded. According to the EU regulation, the total amount of aid granted to a single company may not exceed 300 000 euros during any three-year period.
• The following are not included in wage costs:
  • Holiday bonus (lomaraha) or holiday compensation, or any equivalent compensation. If holiday pay for the annual leave period is paid as a holiday bonus according to the applicable collective agreement, a proportion of the holiday bonus corresponding to the annual leave taken during the wage subsidy period may, at the employer’s request, be included in the wage costs.
  • Additional work or overtime compensation, or monetary compensation from a working time bank.
  • Wages for periods during which the employer is entitled to receive, for the wage‑subsidised employee’s wage costs, daily allowance benefits under the Health Insurance Act, rehabilitation allowance under the Act on Rehabilitation Benefits and Rehabilitation Allowance from the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela), compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act, or infectious disease daily allowance under the Health Insurance Act.
  • The portion of wages that is determined on the basis of the wage‑subsidised employee’s work results or depends on the employer’s financial results.
  • Reimbursement of expenses or employment-related benefits.
     

Employer, use the form below to indicate your interest in hiring a young person with the support of the Youth recruitment subsidy. Please fill in the form with the requested information.