New Employment Programs Prioritize Long-Term Unemployed Women Over 55

The Public Employment Service (ESYE) is designing new targeted subsidy programs. According to reliable information from newsit.gr, the key feature of these upcoming employment programs will be the cumulative evaluation of basic criteria set for applicants. These criteria primarily concern the main categories of unemployed individuals who need to re-enter the workforce: women, long-term unemployed, and those over 55 years old. Sources indicate that the more characteristics an unemployed person meets from the aforementioned list, the higher their chances of being included in a program. For instance, if an employment subsidy program opens, a woman who is both long-term unemployed and over 55 would have more ‘points’ to be hired through an employment program compared to a long-term unemployed woman under 55.