How can you benefit from the Qualification Opportunities Act?
Boost your training budget
Training courses are often relatively expensive. The Federal Employment Agency's “Qualification Offensive” gives you the chance to prepare your employees for the digital world of work and to increase employee satisfaction. You will receive financial support to develop your employees’ skills and equip yourself for structural change with subsidized further training or retraining. This funding encourages you to invest in your existing employees in the long term.
Push for new skill profiles
The Qualification Opportunities Act came into force on 1 January 2019 as part of the German Government's "Qualification Offensive" and replaced the previous “WeGebAU” program (training for low-skilled and employed older workers in companies). With the increase in state subsidies and the group of people eligible for subsidies growing, the German Government is strengthening employees to prepare for new requirements and skills on the job market for the first time. A new component of the law is the right to further education guidance. Employers turn to the Employer Service (AGS) and employees to their respective employment agency or job center.
What are the benefits for you?
- Payment of up to 100% of training costs
- Subsidies on wages of up to 75%
- Qualifications for existing staff
- Increase in employee satisfaction
- Right to further education advice
Who receives funding?
- Employees - regardless of qualification, age and company size
- Employees who want to reorient or develop themselves within the company
- Employees who are particularly affected by structural change
- People in so-called bottleneck occupations where there is a shortage of skilled workers
Improved funding
Within the framework of the "Work of Tomorrow Act", which came into force on 29 May 2020, simplified application and approval procedures are planned to further improve further training support for employees. For 2021, it is planned to be able to apply for funding benefits for a larger number of employees also as a collective application to the Federal Employment Agency through the Qualification Opportunities Act.
Education grants
From 1 October 2020, a transformation subsidy will also apply, which will make it possible to increase the subsidy for further education costs as well as wage cost subsidies for all company sizes under certain conditions: +5 % if company agreements or collective agreements are in place +20 % if at least 10 % of the employees are not expected to meet the company's requirements or no longer meet them in part and a qualification plan is drawn up.
Within the framework of the "Work of Tomorrow Act", which came into force on 29 May 2020, simplified application and approval procedures are planned to further improve further training support for employees. For 2021, it is planned to be able to apply for funding benefits for a larger number of employees also as a collective application to the Federal Employment Agency.
From 1 October 2020, a transformation subsidy will also apply, which will make it possible to increase the subsidy for further education costs as well as wage cost subsidies for all company sizes under certain conditions: +5 % if company agreements or collective agreements are in place +20 % if at least 10 % of the employees are not expected to meet the company's requirements or no longer meet them in part and a qualification plan is drawn up.
Within the framework of the "Work of Tomorrow Act", which came into force on 29 May 2020, simplified application and approval procedures are planned to further improve further training support for employees. For 2021, it is planned to be able to apply for funding benefits for a larger number of employees also as a collective application to the Federal Employment Agency.
From 1 October 2020, a transformation subsidy will also apply, which will make it possible to increase the subsidy for further education costs as well as wage cost subsidies for all company sizes under certain conditions: +5 % if company agreements or collective agreements are in place +20 % if at least 10 % of the employees are not expected to meet the company's requirements or no longer meet them in part and a qualification plan is drawn up.
What is supported?
- Up to 100% of trainings costs covered
- Up to 100% for employees aged 45 and over or with severe disabilities
- Up to 75% workers’ compensation allowance for employees
- Up to 100% in the case of missing vocational qualification and vocational qualification-related further training, e.g. partial qualification or preparation for an external examination
- Up to 50% of trainings costs covered
- Up to 100% for employees aged 45 and over or with severe disabilities
- Up to 50% workers’ compensation allowance for employees
- Up to 100% in the case of missing vocational qualification and vocational qualification-related further training, e.g. partial qualification or preparation for an external examination
- Up to 25% of trainings costs covered
- Up to 25% workers’ compensation allowance for employees
- Up to 100% in the case of missing vocational qualification and vocational qualification-related further training, e.g. partial qualification or preparation for an external examination
- Up to 15% of trainings costs covered
- Up to 20 % for company agreements and collective agreements with qualification elements
- Up to 15% workers’ compensation allowance for employees
- Up to 100% in the case of missing vocational qualification and vocational qualification-related further training, e.g. partial qualification or preparation for an external examination.
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Qualification Opportunities Act - Requirements
- The training course must be provided outside the company or by an approved provider in the company.
- Both the training provider and the measure must be certified according to AZAV. StackFuel meets both of these conditions.
- The qualification measure must have at least 121 teaching units of 45 minutes each.
- The last comparable further education or original training must have taken place at least four years ago in order for there to be a sufficient need to update qualifications.
- The training must provide future-oriented qualifications that go beyond purely job-related and short-term adaptation training.
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Subsidized training, step by step
- Look for a certified training provider, such as StackFuel, that meets the requirements.
- Determine the training needs in your company.
- Check that the employees concerned are willing to do a training course.
- Coordinate the support with the Employment Agency’s Employer Service and submit an application.
- Decide on strategic further education and retraining with your employees.
- Take advantage of the funding provided by the Qualification Opportunities Act and cut costs.
- Benefit from highly qualified and motivated employees.
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