| Date: | 2003-2007 |
| Description: | The National Programme to Encourage First Employment (PNPE) is a set of actions aimed at generating jobs and preparing young people for better insertion into the labour market. The PNPE encourages companies to hire young people by paying a financial incentive of R$ 1,500 per year for each vacancy created. These vacancies must be aimed mainly at young people between 16 and 24 years of age with no work experience, who are also attending basic education courses (remedial) or secondary school, and who belong to a family with a per capita income of up to half the minimum wage. In addition, young people receive training through civil society entities and/or organisations. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Youths between 16 to 24 years, unemployed and attending courses secondary basic education (leveling) or and belonging to a family with per capita income of up to half the minimum wage |
| Area of intervention: | Indirect job creation |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Comments: | Employers interested in participating must sign an agreement to be bound to a care unit of the National Employment System (SINE), assuming the commitment to create jobs. In addition to the registration agreement, the employer must submit certificates in order to verify the regularity of taxes and contributions payments. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Law 10.748/2003 , Law 10.940/2004 , Decree 5.199/2004. |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| Executing organization(s): | National Employment System Agencies (SINE), Regional Labor Offices (DRT) and Social Partnerships for Youth (CSJ) |
| Source of funding: | Government of Brazil |
1) Subsidy
| Recipient(s): | Companies registered in the programme |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Bimonthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Company |
| Comments: | Companies can participate in the program through the line of social responsibility by hiring young people registered without receiving the fiscal incentive (and in this case, be certified as a partner company for the First Job Program). |
| Description: | It could register as an employer any company or individual who commit to the creation of new jobs for young people and also certify the regularity of the payment of taxes and contributions to the Guarantee Fund for Time Service (Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Serviço -FGTS), the National Social Security Institute (Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social-INSS), the Tax Service of the Ministry of Finance (Secretaria da Receita Federal do Ministério da Fazenda), among others. Companies with up to four workers can only receive subsidies for one young; those between 9 and 49 workers can receive the subsidy for two; while companies with 50 or more workers can receive the subsidy to the equivalent of 20% of workers on the payroll. The company receives six bimonthly payments by R $ 250. |
| Amount : | R$250 |
2) Training
| Recipient(s): | Youths between 16 and 24 years old |
| Description: | Youth enrolled receive social and vocational training, taking as parameters the standards established by the National Training Plan, which among its activities include the digital inclusion or learning of human values, ethics and citizenship, career guidance, environmental education, health and quality of life; In addition, actions to promote and support remedial education. Professional development addresses activities relating to the exercise of work, entrepreneurship and awareness of labor rights. Youth receives transportation and food vouchers, as well as a financial aid of R $ 150. If the user has time available, can provide a minimum number of hours of community service. |
