Contracts signed for employment of 88 workers - Project "Reduction of unemployment in the municipality of Bijelo Polje"

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Details: 01 June 2022

Within the project "Reduction of unemployment in the municipality of Bijelo Polje", the President of the Municipality of Bijelo Polje Petar Smolović signed today and handed over grant agreements for 37 employers.

For on-the-job training for 60 and retraining of 39 unemployed workers, 84,600 euros were provided, while 329,000 euros were provided for 88 workers from the Labor Office who will work for employers for 12 months.

The Mayor said that municipality Bijelo Polje, in field of business environment improving, has done probably the most of all local governments in Montenegro in previous period, and that this project for the first time stimulates employment of workers from the Labor Office.

"The problem of unemployment is the issue that hurts us the most and is the essence of all our economic policies, so this project is very important for solving this problem and stopping the outflow of population. So, thanks to the project 'Reducing unemployment in Bijelo Polje' 88 young people got job, but not where we are overbooked- in the municipal and state sector, but in the real economy. Thus, 37 companies from Bijelo Polje got the manpower they lack, professional and qualified young people, and the Municipality will give them a salary for six months, which is in the net amount of about 450 to 550 euros, while employers will pay them from their own funds for the remaining six months "- said President Smolović

The project is part of the European Union and Montenegro Program for Employment, Education and Social Protection, and by participating in it, the Municipality wants to reduce unemployment in Bijelo Polje.

"Within this project, various practices and retraining were done for 99 unemployed people, for which 84,600 euros were spent, and 329,000 euros were allocated for employment for 12 months, with the Municipality financing six gross salaries, and other six employers. We are sincerely looking forward to meeting our employers and working together to improve employment.This is a great success for the Municipality of Bijelo Polje and we hope that in the coming period we will also have new projects."- said Goran Prebiračević, head of the Office for EU Projects.

Thanks to this project, the job was given to Zilha Mujanović, who has been registered at Labor Office for years.

"Today it is very difficult to get a job, so I am very happy that I managed to take this opportunity to solve the existential issue and stay in my city. I work as a saleswoman in Lux Lady boutique, and I am very satisfied and grateful for the chance to work." - said Mujanović.

Project "Reducing Unemployment in the Municipality of Bijelo Polje" is implemented by the Municipality of Bijelo Polje in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare, through the EU-Montenegro Program for Employment, Education and Social Welfare.

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Municipal Decision on tax reliefs

Article 4

Companies and entrepreneurs referred to in Article 3 shall be introduced and identified the following financial incentives:

exemption from payment of communal fee for construction land,
exemption from payment of the fee for the use of municipal roads,
exemption from payment of surtax on personal income tax,
exemption from paying tax on real estate above 0.1% of the market value of the real estate.

Article 5

The tax exemption from Article 4 item 1 investor (company and entrepreneur) is realized in the amount up to 7,000.00 euros per one newly employed worker, or newly opened workplace, and can be used only if by investing, it increases the number of employees for 5 or more employees.

The incentives referred to in Article 4 item 2, 3 and 4 of this Decision shall also apply to existing companies and entrepreneurs in the area of the Bijelo Polje municipality for the extension of the economic activity referred to in Article 3 of this Decision, and can only be used if the expansion increases the number of employees for 5 or more workers and is valid for a period of 3 (three) years.

Note: The new Regulation on Business Zones was adopted on December 13, 2016 and was published in the Official Journal of Montenegro, No. 77/2016.

The municipality is obliged to until 21.06.2018, in accordance with the Government Regulation, adopt a new Business Zone Decision.

We are also referring to the Decision on the fee for communal equipment for construction land that was published on 29.12.2015. in the "Official Journal of Montenegro - Municipal Regulations" No. 48/15.

Tax reliefs – New Government Regulation on business zones

Article 15

For employed people working in a business zones, the business zone user does not pay:

1) Contributions for compulsory social insurance for salaries (contributions for pension and disability insurance, contribution for health insurance, unemployment insurance contribution) and contributions for the Labor Fund;

2) Personal income tax;

The amount of the relief referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article can not exceed the maximum allowable aid intensity of 60% for medium and 70% for small companies, in accordance with the regulations governing state aid.

The user of the business zone may use the incentives referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, for a maximum period of five years from the date of employment of persons in the business zone.

For the employee referred to in paragraph 1, item 1 of this Article, the user of the business zone calculates, suspends and pays the employee from the earnings of the employee: the contribution for the pension and invasive insurance at the rate of 15,0% contribution to health insurance at a rate of 8.5% and contribution to insurance against unemployment at a rate of 0.5% upon payment of earnings.

The basis for calculating the contribution referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be gross employee earnings.

The user of the business zone pays the calculated surtax of income tax.

In addition to the relief referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the beneficiary of the business zone shall also exercise the right to other incentives in accordance with the law and special regulations governing state aid, although they must not exceed the maximum allowable amount of incentive in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

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