Qualification Support for Employees
Funding for cross-company applicable qualification measures (minimum 16 hours) for disadvantaged employees with reimbursement of 50% of course costs and 50% of personnel costs for individuals with compulsory schooling. Applications possible until the budget is exhausted.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Through qualification funding for employees, companies can apply for funding for inter-company applicable qualification measures (at least 16 hours) if the participants belong to defined labor market disadvantaged target groups. The goal is to maintain employment, secure jobs, and improve the career paths and income situation of the participants.
Eligible expenses
- Course fees
- Personnel costs
Non-eligible expenses
- Regular studies and postgraduate studies
- Meetings, seminars, conferences, and congresses
- Pure product training
- Courses not oriented towards the labor market
- Individual coaching
Eligible to apply
- Companies
Funding requirements
- The employment relationship is subject to full social insurance contributions or on leave.
- The person to be qualified meets the criteria of the eligible target group.
- The further training is labor market relevant and transferable across companies.
- At least 16 hours of in-person or live online attendance.
- Further training agreed upon between employer and employee.
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Documents required for application
- Offer from the course provider including course content and cost details
- Complete application via eAMS account
Description
The qualification funding for employees offers companies operating throughout Austria the opportunity to specifically invest in the further training of disadvantaged workers. Funded are labor market-relevant and cross-company applicable qualification measures with a minimum scope of 16 hours in presence or live online. Participants from defined target groups – such as low-qualified individuals, older employees, or women under certain conditions – receive a reimbursement of up to 50% of the course costs. Furthermore, the Public Employment Service covers 50% of personnel costs during the teaching periods for persons with a maximum compulsory schooling qualification. Up to €10,000 can be utilized per application and person, whereby companies make a direct contribution to securing jobs and improving career paths as well as income situations.
A prerequisite for funding is a fully insured or on parental leave employment relationship of the participants, as well as the agreement on further training between employer and employee. A detailed course offer from the provider must be part of the application. Applications can be submitted continuously until the budget is exhausted; the complete application must be submitted via the eAMS account at least one week before the course starts. Excluded from funding are, among others, regular studies and postgraduate programs, pure product trainings, meetings, conferences, and individual coaching. With this funding initiative, the Public Employment Service strengthens the employability of the target groups and contributes sustainably to economic development.