Greece’s Manpower Employment Agency (OEAD) this week launcehd a program offering subsidies to employers to change the status of people they employ on a contract basis to wage-earners listed on their payroll.
Contract basis in this case means self-employed professionals who provide a services rendered invoice to their employer. This type of service is aggravated with a 24-percent VAT rate – paid by the client or contracting employer – and a nearly quarter income tax withheld by the latter.
The employment-boosting program envisions a 12-month subsidized period to businesses to entice them into altering such employment dependent contracts into full-time work. Twelve months’ worth of contributions – including vacation and holiday bonuses – by employers will be subsidized.
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