Provincial Hiring Incentives - Int. 3.4.1

It is an employment incentive for the employer to promote the employment of people in employment difficulties.

In order to benefit from the hiring incentives, it is necessary that the intervention subject to the incentive be implemented

• at the registered office or production unit in the province of Trento, in favour of workers employed there;
• in favour of workers residing in the province of Trento at the time of recruitment, conversion from a fixed-term to an open-ended contract, or confirmation of an apprenticeship contract;
• in the case of incentives in favour of disabled persons, that they are registered in the L. 68/99 lists kept by any Employment Centre in the national territory;
• in the case of non-EU citizens, regularity with respect to the national rules governing the entry and residence of non-EU citizens in the territory of the State for reasons compatible with non-seasonal employment.

The incentive is not granted if the recruitment concerns

• the employer, the spouse or cohabiting partner and relatives within the second degree of kinship of the employer
• in the case of non-cooperative companies or associated firms, the legal representative, the partners in a dominant position, the spouse or cohabiting partner, and relatives within the second degree of the legal representative or partners
• in the case of cooperatives, associations and committees with mutual purposes, the legal representative, the spouse or cohabiting partner and relatives within the second degree of the same.

Cumulability with other benefits

The provincial incentives provided for by Intervention 3.4.1 of the Document of Labour Policy Interventions cannot be combined with benefits provided for by other European, national, regional or provincial regulations.

The provincial incentives provided for by Measure 3.4.1 of the Labour Policy Interventions Document cannot be combined with the contribution concessions provided for by Article 4 of Law 92/2012 and by Article 23 of Decree-Law No. 60/2024 and, limited to the hiring of persons with disabilities, with the contribution concessions provided for by Law 68/99.

The provincial hiring incentives are provided for private employers, excluding domestic employers, with registered office or production unit in the province of Trento who hire workers with disabilities/disadvantaged status in the labour market.

For provincial incentives

It is possible to access provincial incentives by following these steps

1. consult the incentive tables of Measure 3.4.1 Hiring Incentives and check whether you fall under one of the provincial incentives;
2. if you fall into one of the cases provided for, you can submit an application (the forms are available below, in the Forms section of this page) to Agenzia del Lavoro within 60 days of the
   - expiry of the 12-month period of employment on a permanent basis or of the transformation of the employment relationship from a fixed-term to an open-ended one or of the confirmation of the apprenticeship contract;
   - expiry of the fixed-term employment relationship or any extension thereof.

For national incentives

It is possible to check on the ministerial site whether you are covered by the listed national incentives.

If an incentive that meets your needs is identified, the employer can proceed with the application through INPS.

The forms can be downloaded below and consist of:

For the application phase:

• Application for contribution for incentives for the recruitment of workers with disabilities / in a weak / disadvantaged condition in the labour market
• Worker form
• Employer privacy policy
• Worker privacy policy

For the instalment following the first:

• Application for payment of instalment for workers with disabilities or disadvantaged conditions
• Privacy statement employer

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