Purpose:Grants for incorporating working partners or partners in cooperatives and worker-owned companies.Beneficiaries:Cooperatives and worker-owned companies can be beneficiaries of this grant.Requirements:Eligible measures and temporal scope.The following categories would be eligible for grants:

  1. a) Unemployed people.
  2. b) Workers linked to the company with a fixed employment contract or on a temporary basis.

Incorporation shall assume the maintenance or increase in occupancy compared to the average of the twelve months preceding the date of incorporation of new partners or members for which the grant is perceived.People who join as working partners must meet the following requirements:

  1. a) With respect to those who are unemployed they must be registered with the relevant employment office as job seekers before they join as partners.
  2. b) With respect to the workers of the company, they have to be registered with the general system of Social Security before they join as partners.

The temporal scope of actions that can access this grant is from the 01/01/2014 until the publication date of this publication. (20.07.2015)Grant amount:The maximum amount of these grants will be gradual according to the following groups:A maximum amount of 7,000.00 euros for the incorporation of disabled people as workers or working partners in cooperatives or labor companies.A maximum amount of 5,500.00 euros for the incorporation of women as working partners or work in cooperatives or labor companies.A maximum amount of 4,000.00 euros by the inclusion of people under 30 or 45 years or older, working partners or work in cooperatives or labor companies.If the company has been created or is in the process of being founded, in the twelve previous months since the date of publication (July 20, 2015), the maximum amount will be 5,000.00 euros.A maximum amount of 2,000.00 euros for people not included in the aforementioned groups when incorporated as working partners or work in cooperatives or labor companies If the company has been created or is in the process of being founded, in the twelve previous months since the date of publication (July 20, 2015), the maximum amount will be 3,000.00 euros.In all cases, grants may also be granted when the working day of the worker is part-time, although in this case the amount of subsidy is proportional to the time of a working day.Deadline:The deadline for applications ends on July 31, 2015.