Back to Work Hospitality Incentive 2014

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A decision made 3 February 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2014-0013
Decision Summary Title:	Back to Work Hospitality Incentive 2014		Date of Decision Summary:	31 January 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Business Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Back to Work Hospitality Incentive 2014 - Guidelines		Date of Written Report:	27 January 2014
Written Report Author:	Operations Director		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Back to Work Hospitality Incentive 2014
Decision(s): The Minister decided to implement a 2014 Hospitality Incentive Scheme to encourage hospitality employers, and individuals who are registered as actively seeking work and locally qualified into the industry.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Back to Work Hospitality Incentive 2014 programme recognises the vital role that the hospitality industry can play in increasing employment opportunities for locally qualified unemployed people. The key aims of this scheme are to enable candidates to gain practical work experience and reduce the number of unemployed by encouraging hospitality employers to take on locally qualified people who are actively seeking work. Under the Hospitality Incentive 2014 Scheme, funding for up to four weeks wages, plus Social Security contributions, up to a maximum value of £1,129.75 per candidate, will be paid to employers who hire locally qualified job seekers who have either participated in the Back to Work hospitality training, or have been registered as Actively Seeking Work for six months or more. This scheme gives individuals the chance to train and then get a job in hospitality, and provides an opportunity for employers to recruit new staff at no financial cost for the first four weeks of their employment.
Resource Implications: £200,000 funding is available and will be provided from the existing budget held by the Social Security Department for the Back to Work Programme.
Action required: Operations Director to implement the Hospitality Incentive Scheme 2014
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):