Recipients:

Unemployed young people, registered with IEM, IP-RAM, aged between 18 and 35 (inclusive), and qualified with a qualification between level 4 and 8 of the QNQ, with no age limit for people with disabilities and/or incapacity equal to or greater than 60%.

Young people holding a level 7 or 8 qualification may expressly express their consent to undertake an internship with a lower level qualification than that held, but only between levels 6 and 7, with the value of the grant corresponding to the chosen qualification level.

Recipients who are looking for a new job are excluded from the list if, after obtaining the qualification, they have had a professional occupation in the area in question for a period of more than twelve months. Young people who have already benefited from support under occupational and internship/training measures cannot be included in this measure until six months have passed since the end of the previous measure.

Unemployed people who have had a previous employment or service provision relationship with that entity, or who have completed an internship of any nature there, except those lasting up to 3 months and those that are curricular or mandatory for access to the profession in question, or within the scope of the projects referred to in paragraph 2 of article 2 of the Portaria n.º 545/2022, de 2 de setembro.

During the professional internship, interns cannot carry out any type of professional activity, whether on their own or on behalf of others.

A person registered with IEM, IP-RAM, as a worker with an employment contract suspended due to non-timely payment of wages, is considered to be unemployed.

 

Internship duration:

12 months, non-extendable

 

Framing entities:

Individuals or legal entities under private law, whether for profit or not, may apply for the Measure.

 

Internship supervisor:

All internships must have an internship supervisor, designated by the supervising entity. Each supervisor may not have more than three interns under his/her supervision in the employment measures being implemented.

 

Intern's rights:

The intern has the right to:

• Monthly internship grant based on the national qualifications framework.
  • Level 4 – 1,6 x IAS
  • Level 5 – 1,7 x IAS
  • Level 6 – 2 x IAS
  • Level 7 – 2,2 x IAS
  • Level 8 – 2,5 x IAS
• Food allowance identical to that set for workers performing public functions, regardless of the amounts of allowances applied to the majority of its workers, set at €6.00/day for each working day of activity;
• Transport or transport subsidy
• Work accident insurance;
• An initial period of 10 working days of rest to be taken mandatorily in the 7th month of the internship;
• A second period of 10 working days of rest to be enjoyed exclusively in the 11th month of the internship;
• The payment of scholarship support, food and transport allowance is the responsibility of the supervising entity.
• Working hours of 35 hours per week and 7 hours per day, 5 days a week, followed by 2 consecutive days of rest.
• Interns with disabilities and/or incapacity equal to or greater than 60%, depending on their limitations, may benefit from the continuous working hours regime.

 

Financial contribution from the Instituto de Emprego da Madeira:

The financial contribution of the IEM is made based on the unit cost method, per month and per internship, based on the following values:

1. In non-profit private legal entities: 80% of the value of the grant;
2. For individuals or legal entities under private law for profit: 65% of the value of the grant;
3. Food, value for the meal allowance for most workers who perform public functions, set at €6.00/day;
4. Transportation, 10% or 20% of the IAS;
5. Work accident insurance, worth 3.296% of the IAS: €16.79 in 2024.

The financial contribution of the IEM towards the value of the grant, provided for in points 1. and 2. is 100% when the EP is intended for people with disabilities and/or incapacity equal to or greater than 60%.

 

Employment award:

Individuals or legal entities under private law, with or without profit-making purposes, who, within a maximum period of 60 consecutive days from the end date of the internship, submit their respective application, through the Employment Bonus, may benefit from the Employment Bonus. Employment Program Application Platformaccompanied by a full-time employment contract, with no fixed term or a term of no less than 12 months. This financial support will only be granted to projects that result in the net creation of jobs.

The Employment Bonus is a non-refundable subsidy of 8 or 4 times the amount corresponding to the Guaranteed Minimum Monthly Wage in force in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RMMG RAM), for each job created, through the signing of permanent or fixed-term employment contracts, respectively.

 

More information here:

Estágio Profissional em Entidades Privadas (EP) – IEM, IP-RAM (madeira.gov.pt)