JobsPlus Incentive is a new employer Incentive which encourages and rewards employers who offer employment opportunities to the long term unemployed and it replaced the Revenue Job Assist and Employer Job (PRSI) Exemption Scheme.
This Incentive encourages employers to hire persons who have been out of work for more than 12 months and the level of payment is increased for the recruitment of those out of work for more than 24 months.
To qualify an employer must offer full time employment of at least 30 hours per week, for at least four days per week. The new employee must be on payroll and subject to PAYE and PRSI.