The Department of Business and Labor of the Generalitat de Catalunya has opened the deadline to register for the new call for 'TU+1', a program that subsidizes the indefinite employment of an unemployed person.

The main features of the call are:

• It can be requested by self-employed workers without any dependents.
• Up to three unemployed people registered with the Public Employment Service of Catalonia (SOC) can be hired.
• The amount is 20,850 euros to finance the hiring of an unemployed full-time person.
• The hiring can be for a part-time day (equal to or greater than 50%) and in this case the amount of the aid will be proportional.
• The contract must be indefinite and the minimum duration must be 18 months.
• The contract must be made within a maximum of three months from the day after the award.

Both self-employed persons and sole proprietorships that do not have hired persons in their charge at the time of submitting the application or during the previous six months.

Applications can be made until September 12th at 2 p.m. in this link.