Training grant for employers

All companies can apply for a financial grant providing co-funding to the training of employees. The training grant for employers can be used for the following activities: 1) to recruit and train employees for the specified/prioritised professions; 2) to (re)train employees due to changing circumstances (e.g. restructuring of the company, adoption of new technologies, updated qualification requirements); and/or 3) to help employees develop Estonian language skills. An employer can design a training plan for each employee consisting of multiple training with a total duration of at least 80 academic hours and up to one year. In general, up to 50% of training costs are compensated but no more than EUR 1 250 per employee. For employees over 50 years old, with no vocational education and/or no sufficient Estonian language skills or significant health problems, up to 80% of costs is compensated (no more than EUR 2 000). If an employee was hired through the Unemployment Insurance Fund where s/he was previously registered as unemployed, up to 100% of training costs are compensated (no more than EUR 2 500). It is financed out of the unemployment insurance contributions (which are compulsory and shared between employees and employers in Estonia). This support measure is part of the larger Work and Study 2017-2020 programme, which supports training activities in priority sectors that were identified in sector-specific labour studies (OSKA reports) conducted by the Estonian Qualification Authority (Kutsekoda).