Brussels – The European Fee desires to allocate 2.7 million euros to assist laid-off Walloon staff of grocery store chains Match and Smatch of their seek for a brand new job, it introduced on Monday.
On the request of the Walloon Area, Belgium had this summer season requested the Fee for assist from the European Globalisation Fund to assist the laid-off staff of Match and Smatch. As a result of important monetary issues, these chains bought a part of their shops in Belgium final yr, however the workers of the unsold shops and the headquarters have been ultimately laid off.
The Fee is now responding to that request with 2.7 million euros for 365 laid-off employees. “Lots of the laid-off people are low-skilled employees aged 50 and older, who typically have extra problem discovering work within the Walloon labor market,” it states in a press launch.
The European cash covers 85 % of the prices of the measures the Walloon authorities desires to take to assist the laid-off staff discover a new job. The cash can be utilized to offer recommendation and help within the seek for a brand new job and to supply coaching or retraining applications. Incentive bonuses of as much as 15,000 euros are additionally offered for individuals who wish to begin their very own enterprise, and recruitment bonuses for firms that wish to rent them.
The proposal nonetheless wants the inexperienced mild from member states and the European Parliament. (09/16/2024)