Alytus City Municipality Launches Youth Summer Employment Program

The Alytus City Municipality Youth Summer Employment and Integration into the Labor Market Program aims to increase youth employment during the summer period, outside the educational process, and to promote and create opportunities for young people to become familiar with the labor market when choosing a future profession. The program implementation period is June-August of the current year, and the duration of employment is an agreement between the employer and the employee, defined in the employment contract. Young people aged 14-19 can participate in the program, and employers can participate in the program if they are legal entities established in the Republic of Lithuania, whose registered office is in the city of Alytus, and carry out their activities in the territory of the Alytus city municipality.

Key Takeaways:

• The program aims to increase youth employment during the summer period, outside the educational process, and to promote and create opportunities for young people to become familiar with the labor market when choosing a future profession.
• Employers who can participate in the program include legal entities established in the Republic of Lithuania, whose registered office is in the city of Alytus, and natural persons who are engaged in individual activities and carry out their activities in the territory of Alytus City Municipality.
• Young people aged 14-19 can participate in the program if they have declared their place of residence in Alytus City Municipality, study in educational institutions, or have declared their place of residence in Alytus City Municipality, have special or individual educational needs, and young people with disabilities who study in educational institutions.
• The program participants cannot be financed from the program funds if they were employed at the workplace during the educational process, if the program participants and the employer are close relatives, if the employer is in debt to the Alytus City Municipality Administration, or due to lack of funds in the Smart and Civic Society Education Program.
• The employer participating in the Program applies for compensation for the employment of the same young person in accordance with the Description of the Procedure for Promoting Business and Allocating Funds to Small and Medium-sized Businesses, approved by the Alytus City Municipality Council Decision of 24 February 2022 No. T-38.
• Employers fill out the application form electronically within the deadline specified in the invitation and send the application to the Alytus City Municipality Administration by e-mail info@alytus.lt or submit it for registration at the Alytus City Municipality Administration reception address Rotuses a. 4, Alytus.
• The employer participating in the Program is compensated for each employed young person in the following manner: for one month, compensation is 1 minimum monthly salary for a young person employed full-time, for two months, compensation is 2 minimum monthly salaries for a young person employed full-time, and for work longer than two months, compensation is calculated in proportion to the number of days worked and the working time rate.
• One employer is compensated for no more than 3 employed young people, and a young person employed can only use the Program once per financial year.
• By participating in the program, the employer undertakes to conclude an employment contract with the employee, ensure that the employed person has working conditions that comply with the requirements of legal acts, pay the employee the salary set out in the employment contract at the time specified, pay, in accordance with legal acts, all taxes related to employment relations, and submit correct and properly executed documents related to each employed young person to the Alytus City Municipality Administration by e-mail or by September 30 of the current year.
• The documents are accepted from May 15 to June 9, and the last day for registration of applications is June 10.

Statistics:

• The program implementation period is June-August of the current year.
• The duration of employment is an agreement between the employer and the employee, defined in the employment contract.
• The minimum monthly salary for a young person employed full-time is 1 minimum monthly salary for one month, 2 minimum monthly salaries for two months, and compensation is calculated in proportion to the number of days worked and the working time rate for work longer than two months.
• One employer is compensated for no more than 3 employed young people, and a young person employed can only use the Program once per financial year.
• The application deadline for the program is June 10.
• The documents are accepted from May 15 to June 9.
• The employer participating in the program must submit correct and properly executed documents related to each employed young person to the Alytus City Municipality Administration by e-mail or by September 30 of the current year.

Sources:

• Alytus City Municipality Youth Summer Employment and Integration into the Labor Market Program (hereinafter referred to as the Program)
• Alytus City Municipality Council Decision of 24 February 2022 No. T-38 "On Approval of the Description of the Procedure for Promoting Business and Allocating Funds to Small and Medium-sized Businesses"
• Alytus City Municipality Administration's reception address at Rotuses a. 4, Alytus
• info@alytus.lt
• +370 684 97 043