Are your employees getting their benefits?
MATERNITY AND ADOPTIVE BENEFIT
Maternity Benefit is payable for 18 weeks and Adoptive Benefit for 14 weeks. Credited contributions will be awarded (to employees only) for the full period of maternity leave (including unpaid leave). However, an employee must apply for Credited contributions for unpaid leave. For more information contact Maternity Benefit or Adoptive Benefit Section at the numbers below.
Adoptive Benefit
043-40128
Maternity Benefit
LoCall 1890 690 690
Maternity Leave
LoCall 1890 245 545
FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT
Regular workers with at least one qualifying child may be entitled to Family Income Supplement, if their incomes fall below certain thresholds for their family size. This is now calculated on the basis of take-home pay (i.e. net of tax,
PRSI, Superannuation etc.)
The wage thresholds range from €379 for a family with one child to €556 for eight or more from January 2003. Lone Parents are also entitled to apply.
043-40057/8
BACK-TO-WORK ALLOWANCE
Under this scheme people aged 23 or over and out of work for at least 15 months, (12 months, if aged 50 or over) including lone parents, may retain 75% of their social welfare payment for the first year, reducing to 50% and 25% over the next two years.
They may also keep secondary benefits such as medical cards, rent and fuel allowances subject to certain conditions.
01-704 3165
ONE-PARENT FAMILY PAYMENT
Existing or new workers may qualify with earnings up to €293 per week.
071-914 8376 or 071-916 9800 or 01-704 3000
PART-TIME OR CASUAL WORKERS
Many people who are not yet able to find full-time work, take up part-time work (up to three days) and receive a partial unemployment payment.
Contact your local Social Welfare Office.
PART-TIME JOB INCENTIVE SCHEME
People on long-term unemployment assistance can get a special income supplement in addition to their wages (where working less than 24 hours per week) instead of their unemployment payment.
Contact your local Social Welfare Office.
CONTINUED CHILD DEPENDANT PAYMENT
People unemployed for at least 12 months or coming from Community Employment who are being paid full-rate child dependant allowance can keep this allowance for up to 13 weeks of new employment.
Contact your local Social Welfare Office.
WORK AND MEDICAL CARDS
People out of work for a year or more can keep their medical card for up to three years when returning to work or participating in Back-to-Work Allowance, Community Employment, Job Initiative or development courses such as "Workplace".
Contact your local Health Board.
PENSIONS
Contributory Pensions, based on
PRSI are not affected by other income. Employees should apply early to avoid delay or loss of payment.
071-914 8351
PRSI EXEMPTION
A scheme for employers taking on extra staff. Approved employers do not have to pay their share of
PRSI for 2 years when taking on eligible employees.
01-704 3867
REVENUE JOB ASSIST
Under this scheme, employees and their employers can get additional tax credits for three years when taking up a job. To qualify for this scheme employees must be getting a qualifying payment for 12 months.
Contact your local Tax Office.
FÁS - MEETING YOUR RECRUITMENT NEEDS
Notify job vacancies to
FÁS Employment Services, they will match candidates to your needs. Jobs are advertised locally, nationally or internationally, free of charge, throughout their network.
FÁS can screen and shortlist candidates and send
C.V.'s to you.
FÁS RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES
Workplace - find out if someone is right for the job before you make a final decision to employ them, at no extra cost.
Contact your local
FÁS Employment Services Office.