Businesses recruiting full time disabled apprentices over the next year can expect to receive an additional incentive of £2,000, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has announced today.
The Welsh Government Employer Incentive Scheme for disabled apprentices, which was designed to encourage employers to get first-hand experience of the benefits of recruiting disabled people, is being extended from 1 April 2022 until the end of March 2023, and increased by £500.
The commitment supports the Welsh Government’s new employability plan, Stronger, Fairer, Greener Wales: A Plan for Employability and Skills, published earlier this week, which prioritises supporting those people who are furthest from the labour market.
The existing Apprenticeship Employer Incentive Scheme, which has formed a key part of Welsh Government’s COVID Commitment to support businesses and workers to recover from the impacts of coronavirus, is also being extended to 31 March, 2022.
The incentive scheme, which has already seen more than 6,100 new apprentices recruited since August 2020, had been due to close on 28 February 2022.
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