Proposed changes. Summary B1 LABOUR MARKET SERVICE PROGRAMME: LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION The Employment Service's need for personnel and premises is heavily underlined. ADP in referral work is to be extended. A separate document on this subject will be submitted to the Government during the autumn. Funds are requested for the participation of experts in following up and evaluating measures of labour market policy. PROGRAMME: OCCUPATIONAL AND GEOGRA- Sub-programme: Labour market training The volume of activities is estimated to be much the same as in 1974/75. As it is expected that a new system of grants will be proposed by the Committee on Labour Market Training, the Board has not submitted any proposals of its own in this respect. It is assumed that grants can be adjusted upwards on a temporary basis If the Government's Bill is not submitted to Parliament as soon as expected. Child supervision should be extended and made available, for instance, during in-company training, amounting to 400 places. Sub-programme: Removal grants The equipment grant should be raised from 2,000 to 3,000 kr. Removal grants should also be available to a greater extent for persons graduating from universities and colleges. Where required by methods etc., it should be possible to reimburse the modernization of workshop equipment in the same way as for the first installment of machinery/equipment. PROGRAMME: MEASURES FOR CREATING EM- Grants for work assistants should be available not only A marked increase is expected in the extent of special arrangements at places of work. Self-employed persons should also be entitled to spe cial technical aids for their work. Grants-maximum 6,000 kr.-should be available for the repair of technical aids, though the cost of repairs should not exceed half the cost of procuring a new aid. The income limits for grants towards motor vehicles should be raised. The regulations concerning deductions should be revised. Expenditure on appliances for or modification to motor vehicles should be covered entirely by grants. The grant for motor vehicles to be increased from 15,000 to 17.000 kr. Sub-programme: Industrial assistance The maximum amount for a grant/interest-free loan should be raised from 15.000 to 25.000 kr. Sub-programme: Semi-sheltered employment A marked expansion is foreseen, 18,000 persons being expected to be employed in semi-sheltered work by the end of fiscal 1975/76. Sub-programme: Sheltered employment Grants for special arrangements should amount to 50 per cent (75 per cent in the General Development Area) of the construction costs. It should be possible to obtain part of the grant as a planning grant. The government grants for machinery and other equipment sould be made uniform and amount to 2/3rds of the procurement costs. Grants should also be made available for certain other equipment. Grants for modernizing existing workshop equipment -due to changes in the nature of production and legislation on safety devices-should be available on the same basis as for the first installment of machinery. Government grants towards rent costs should be available for half the expenditure or-in the case of premises that are owned by the body responsible and were arranged before 1 January 1960-the actual expenditure. JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR SEVERAL PROGRAMMES A total of 500 officials and 100 assistants, 50 of them qualified,is requested for the County Labour Boards/ employment offices. Funds are also requested for 300 trainees on a yearly basis. For the central units of the Labour Market Board, 30 posts are requested for officials and 12 for assistants, 9 of them qualified. 27 |