Allowance for workers to obtain a qualification – Int. 4.1terB

It isan income support allowance intended for employees on a contract of employment, covering periods of unpaid leave or a reduction in working hours agreed with the employer, in order to obtain a qualification at the second cycle of the education and training system, or in higher education, or a university bachelor’s or master’s degree.

The aim is to support employees in obtaining a qualification, to enable professional development and the acquisition of new technologies, production methods, and management and organisational skills.

Measure 4.1 ter B ‘Grant for the attainment of a qualification for employees’ from the Labour Agency’s Labour Policy Measures Document.
   

Amount of the allowance

The income support allowance is up to a maximum of 800.00 eurosper month in the event of a total suspension of work, to be recalculated in the event of a partial reduction in working hours;

The funding granted per application may not exceed €4,000.00; 

Allowances of less than €500.00 will not be granted.
   

Duration

The allowance is paid for a maximum duration of:

• 8 months for each academic year in the case of obtaining a qualification at the second cycle of the education and training system;
• a total of 12 months in the case of courses leading to a bachelor’s degree;
• 6 months for courses leading to a higher education qualification or a university master’s degree.

Employees on a permanent contract who, at the time of application, are:

• under the age of 36 (35 years and 364 days);
• employed on a permanent basis or on a fixed-term contract lasting at least as long as the training course;
• resident or domiciled in the province of Trento and working at a production site in the province of Trento;
• enrolled at a secondary-level education and training institution or a university authorised to award legally recognised qualifications;
• not receiving any form of social security income support;
• the domestic work sector and family carers are excluded.

The application must be submitted by the employee before the start of the period of suspension or reduction in working hours agreed with the employer, for which the allowance is being claimed.

The application for the allowance must be completed by the employee using only the forms provided below and must be sent:

• to the following certified email (PEC) address: formazione.adl@pec.provincia.tn.it;
• or by ordinary post to the following address: “Agenzia del Lavoro – Servizio attività per il lavoro, cittadini e imprese – Ufficio Formazione per l’occupazione, Via Romano Guardini, 75, 38121, Trento”.

The allowance is paid on a monthly basis, subject to the submission of a claim for payment; for university courses or master’s programmes, the first payment may only be made after the first exam has been passed and, in any case, not before the start date of the suspension and/or reduction in working hours.

Please note!

At the end of the academic or training year, the worker must, on pain of revocation of the allowance granted, submit a self-certification declaration as provided for in Article 46 of Presidential Decree 445/2000, stating that they have successfully completed the academic year for which they applied for the allowance and have been admitted to the next one, in the case of second-cycle education/training programmes within the education system or higher education; for university courses/master’s programmes, by the end of the month following the close of the academic year, a self-certification stating that they have obtained 30 university credits (CFU).

• signed application form for the allowance, bearing a revenue stamp;
• a signed privacy notice, in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of EU Regulation No 679 of 2016;

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