Programme “Active until retirement” in the period 2018–2020

Program aktivni do upokojitve

The main objective of the programme Promoting employment of older persons – Active until retirement – is to encourage employers to hire older unemployed people from the target group for an indefinite period or at least until they meet the conditions for early or old-age retirement. The programme is managed by the Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy, the managing authority for the European Structural and Cohesion Funds. The programme is implemented by the Employment Service of Slovenia. The programme covers the whole territory of Slovenia and targets older unemployed people who are registered with the Employment Service of Slovenia and meet the following criteria: they are aged 58 or more; they have been unemployed for at least 6 months; they have at least 5 years of pensionable service; and they have not received any wage subsidy in the past 24 months. The programme also offers a subsidy of 11,000 euros for each full-time employment of an older unemployed person from the target group. The subsidy is fully eligible if the person remains employed with the same employer for at least 24 months. The programme started in 2018 and lasted until 2023.