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Subsidies for low paid / free workers in some EU countries
<p>I have heard that that in some EU countries such as Ireland, an employer can receive a €10,000 per year subsidy for simply employing a person who has been unemployed for a certain length of time. Additionally, if you employ low paid or even free workers, you can also be entitled to this subsidy. Is this true?</p>

<p>In Ireland there is a scheme called JobsPlus, which is intended to incentivise employers to employ the long-term unemployed. It has two rates, €7,500 and €10,000, depending on the circumstances of the individual unemployed person.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment_and_redundancy/employment_support_schemes/jobsplus.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment_and_redundancy/employment_support_schemes/jobsplus.html</a></p>

<p>Countries anywhere in the world are free to grant subsidies as a means to achieve goals they want to achieve. Getting people back into work who have been unemployed for a long time is both socially good ( a country should try to improve everyone’s well-being) and also financially very good (turning welfare recipients into tax payers is doubly good for a country’s economy). </p>

<p>So yes, it is quite possible that such subsidies exist. </p>
