Published: 29.07.2025.
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Recovery Fund Project ‘Upskilling for adults’ No 3.1.2.5.i.0/1/23/I/CFLA/001

Objective of the active employment programme ‘Training with the employer’, implemented under the Recovery Fund Project ‘Upskilling for adults’ (Project No 3.1.2.5.i.0/1/23/I/CFLA/001) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Programme’): for certain professions, the employer needs to provide practical training to an employee through training at the workplace.

The programme is designed for unemployed individuals registered with the National Employment Agency (hereinafter ‘the Agency’) who meet the qualification requirements laid down by the employer and who have not been employed by this employer for at least 12 months prior to participation in the Programme.

Employers who may apply for the Programme:

  • Economic operators (except for educational establishments whose main purpose is the implementation of educational programmes);
  • Self-employed persons
  • Individual enterprises (including farms);
  • Associations (except for political parties) or foundations.

Financial support to employers during the implementation of the Programme:

  • A grant for a client’s salary in the amount of 60% of the national minimum monthly wage;
  • A grant for the remuneration of a supervisor in the amount of EUR 10 per day of work supervision.
  • A one-off grant for the purchase of personal protective equipment provided for by law upon taking up employment, up to a maximum of EUR 100.

Additional financial support shall be provided to persons with disabilities:

  • Mandatory national social insurance contributions in proportion to the client’s salary grant;
  • A one-off grant for adaptation of the workplace for a disabled client, up to a maximum of EUR 1 000 per workplace (including delivery and installation costs).

* The duration of the client’s participation in the Programme shall be 3 months for which the Agency provides financial support.

** During the implementation of the Programme, all other costs provided for in the labour legislation (e.g. additional payments, bonuses, illness allowances, holiday payments, etc.), including those defined as private co-financing, shall be covered by the employer.

***Persons with disabilities may receive a sign language service up to a maximum of 40 hours of direct interpretation per week, in proportion to the number of hours the client spent in the Programme. Persons with disabilities who have been diagnosed with mental disorders may receive a care worker’s service of up to 40 working hours per week.

How can employers apply for the Programme?

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  2. step
    • A completed application for the implementation of the ‘Training with the employer’ programme, signed with a secure electronic signature, must be submitted to the Agency via an official electronic address (e-address).
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    • The Agency must set up a Selection panel to implement active employment measures, which reviews the applications submitted by the employers and approves or rejects the creation of practical training places for employers.
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    • The Agency informs the employer in writing of the decision taken and, in the event of a positive reply, requests them to conclude a contract for the implementation of the Programme within one month of the date of entry into force of the decision of the Selection panel.
  • The duration of the client engagement Programme is 3 months when concluding an employment contract.
  • The implementation of the Programme involves the acquisition of professional competence corresponding to the professional competence of the second, third or fourth level of professional qualifications;
  • Practical training is not intended for non-qualified and low-skilled jobs (elementary occupations according to Group 9 of the Classification of Occupations);
  • The employer provides a new or vacant workplace following termination of the employment relationship on the basis of an employee’s notice, on the basis of an agreement between the employer and the employee or on the basis of the employer’s application, in the cases specified in clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 11 of the first paragraph of Article 101 of the Labour Law;
  • The Agency client selected by the employer has not been employed by that employer for at least 12 months before participating in the Programme.

The employer shall provide to a client participating in the Programme:

  • a wage which, together with the grant, reaches the gross wage stated in the application, and not less than the amount of the national minimum wage;
  • payment of mandatory social security contributions;
  • acquisition of professional qualifications through required theoretical and practical training and providing basic knowledge of professional responsibilities;
  • a qualified supervisor who can help to strengthen professional skills and knowledge at work. a person who has acquired education or at least two years’ professional experience in the profession where the practical training is carried out shall be considered as a qualified supervisor;
  • the ability to perform relevant professional duties and core tasks independently;
  • upon completion of the Programme, a written confirmation on the acquired professional skills, competence and knowledge shall be issued in the form of a description of the professional skills acquired.

The employer shall be required to reimburse to the Agency all financial support received during implementation of the Programme if the employment relationship with the Agency’s client was terminated with no justification during the implementation of the Programme!

Financial support to the employer (within the framework of Commission Regulations No 2023/2831, No 1408/2013, No 717/2014 including (de minimis aid))

Within the framework of COMMISSION REGULATION No 2023/2831 (DE MINIMIS), the financing granted by the Agency constitutes de minimis aid if it is provided in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831 of 13 December 2023 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid (Official Journal of the European Union of 15 December 2023, LV Series L), as well as other legislation in force in the Republic of Latvia laying down the procedures for granting and recording de minimis aid. The date on which de minimis aid is granted shall be the date of entry into force of the agreement.

Within the framework of COMMISSION REGULATION No 1408/2013 (DE MINIMIS), the financing granted by the Agency constitutes de minimis aid if it is provided in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1408/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty to de minimis aid in the agriculture sector (Official Journal of the European Union of 24 December 2013 No L 352/9), as well as other legislation in force in the Republic of Latvia laying down the procedures for granting and recording de minimis aid. The date on which de minimis aid is granted shall be the date of entry into force of the agreement.

Within the framework of COMMISSION REGULATION No 717/2014 (DE MINIMIS), the financing granted by the Agency constitutes de minimis aid if it is provided in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 717/2014 of 27 June 2014 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty to de minimis aid in the fishery and aquaculture sector (Official Journal of the European Union of 28 June 2014, No L 190/45) and other laws and regulations in force in the Republic of Latvia laying down the procedures for granting and recording de minimis aid. The date on which de minimis aid is granted shall be the date of entry into force of the agreement.

During the implementation of the Programme, the employer shall receive financial support from the Agency and participate in the implementation of the Programme with its PRIVATE CO-FINANCING consisting of:

  1. the share of the monthly salary of the client participating in the Programme which, together with the Agency’s grant, would be at least equal to the national minimum monthly salary for full-time employment;
  2. Social security contributions for clients participating in the Programme (except if the these are covered by the Agency).

Private co-financing by the employer may not be replaced by resources from another EU instrument/fund or another programme of the same EU fund, national or local public funds.

During the implementation of the Programme, the employer shall ensure that the risk of DUPLICATE FUNDING is avoided, taking into account that:

1. the implementation of the Programme is not financed or co-financed by other financial sources of the European Union or from national and local government funds;

2. under the applicable accounting laws and regulations, the same invoices are not paid twice from different sources of public funding, and the costs of implementing the Programme submitted correspond to the approved specific programme and are not attributable to any other programmes.