Weekly “Arguments and Facts” No. 31. Without flag or anthem, but with medals and Tchaikovsky 04/08/2021
Employers can now receive grants for the employment of the unemployed. Payments are made by the Social Insurance Fund, which received 12 billion rubles for this purpose. from the budget.
The spread of COVID-19 has left many people out of work in 2020. Businesses, especially in tourism, entertainment, restaurants, which were under restrictions due to the pandemic, have been forced to shut down or to lay off employees. According to the Higher School of Economics, the number of employees in the labor market fell by 1.5 million, mostly due to small businesses. To support employers and their employees, to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, the state has developed support measures. One of them & ndash; payments to employers for the employment of labor exchange citizens. The program has been running since March.
Who and how are hired?
“ You can hire an employee through the employment service and then apply to the Social Insurance Fund with an application and receive a grant based on the results of the work of the ; employed in a month, then after 3 months and 6 months, & ndash; explains Acting President of Social Insurance Fund Tatiana Lototskaya … & ndash; The subsidy is equal to the minimum wage (minimum wage, in 2021 – 12,792 rubles) plus social contributions to funds (all jobs and shy; donors who pay salaries also pay contributions for an employee to extra-budgetary funds), in taking into account the wage coefficients. After the start of the program, it was proposed to extend the proposal on grants to employers who will hire in 2020 graduates of educational institutions registered with the employment service. & # 39; # 39;
` `Such actions to support entrepreneurs during a pandemic save jobs, earn wages for people, and therefore stabilize economically, & # 39; & # 39 ; & ndash; convinced District Coordinator of Business Russia for the Federal District of Siberia, member of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Viktor Zubarev .
On average, it turns out that for an employee hired by the labor exchange, the employer could receive a subsidy of 50,000 rubles. in the amount of three installments. Thanks to the program, drivers were mostly hired, and in second position is & ndash; tractor operators. In general, among agricultural businesses, the program has proven to be the most in demand. Public companies in the food sector, in particular bakery and confectionery companies, have submitted many applications for vacancies for unskilled workers. For example, one of the catering companies in the city of Verkhniy Ufaley in the Chelyabinsk region employed 7 people under this program.
“ For five employees, we received two full payments after three months of work, for two more & ndash; payments after the first month of work, & ndash; says individual entrepreneur Tatyana Maksimova . & ndash; It is easy to register a request to participate in the program. We were greatly supported by our employment service, whose employees told us about this program, and helped us complete the documents.
And here is a private farming company “ VectorAgro '' from the Kurgan region employed even more staff than he did. “ We have been working since 2019, previously there were only 15 people on staff. Thanks to the program, we recruited 20 people from the labor exchange. We received money in two installments, 800 thousand rubles. It was a very good support for us as our work is seasonal and we usually get profit for our products in the winter. We invested in repairing equipment, bought air conditioners and installed them on tractors. The heat has reigned in the Kurgan region since April, which has made life much easier for our tractor drivers and drivers. We also bought coveralls, shoes, hats and protective gear. I would like this program to continue into the next year. “
“There are no restrictions on where the employer can send the environment.” I am happy that the funds received by many employers are used to improve the working conditions of workers, as well as to protect them & # 39; & # 39 ;, & ndash; & timid; Tatiana Lototskaya noted.
Among the regions, the Altai Territory turned out to be the most active in hiring citizens. The regions of Omsk, Kurgan, Rostov, Chelyabinsk, Samara, Orenburg, Voronezh, Dagestan and Crimea are also in the top 10.
The program is calculated until December 27 2021. Therefore, employers still have the option of receiving grants … Those who hire employees in September will have time to receive only one payment – if the program is not extended.
How will the employer be vetted?
& # 39; The employer via his personal account on the portal & # 39; Work in Russia & # 39; submits a request for participation in the project, where he can attach a list of professions, vacancies, & ndash; tells Deputy & shy; Head of the Department of Control and Coordination in the field of employment Yulia Kholomtseva … & ndash; The demand goes to the employment service. Then the experts check if the employer meets the requirements. In particular, the company must be registered before January 1, 2021, must not be bankrupt, have arrears of wages, taxes, etc. After confirmation of the employer's ability to participate in this project, proposals are received from the employment department on applicants until the position is closed. And then, in the style of an interview with the employer (in person or in video format), a decision is made regarding their employment.
In the next step, the Social Insurance Fund is connected.
“ Population employment services send us contact details of employers and SNILS employees they have hired, & ndash; said Vyacheslav Tolkachev, head of the department for ensuring the insurance payments of the Social Insurance Fund … & ndash; And employers, a month after hiring workers, through the insured's personal account on the FSS website, submit a request, where they indicate the hired employees for whom they want to receive a subsidy. . After verification, within 10 working days from the date of the application, the employer receives a grant. Payments are made in three installments. After the first month, then after the 102nd day and the third installment after the 192nd day of employment. At the same time, it is enough to send an application once for each employee.
With the introduction of electronic work notebooks, it is now easy to verify the fact of use. “ Since 2020, employers are required to transfer this information to the Pension Fund within one working day from the date of issue of the employment order. An employee, & ndash; explains Natalya Belyantseva, head of the department of organization of personalized accounting of pension rights of insured persons of the Pension Fund. & ndash; If the employer has provided us with information about a citizen's employment in a timely manner, then the information is sent to the FSS that, yes, indeed, that employee is working for that ` “ employer ''.
“ It is important to note that in this project the employer does not need to personally visit government structures due to the fact that the Work in Russia portal, the personal account in the form of ; an electronic workbook and the employer's personal account on the Social Insurance Fund website have already been introduced which you can use to apply '', & ndash ; emphasizes Tatiana Lototskaya.
All businesses, including sole proprietorships, public limited companies, etc., can participate in the Unemployed Hiring Subsidy Program. There are no restrictions on legal and territorial status. There are many examples where an organization registered in one region recruited employees from other regions and received 'grants.
All questions about a job project can be asked by employers by calling the hotline. Social insurance fund or in the regional telegram chat. To connect to it, you must call the Foundation's regional office and request a link with an invitation. The processing status of a grant application can be tracked in the employer's personal account on the FSS website.