What is the LAEK 1-49 program?

The LAEK 1-49 programs are employee training subsidy programs in small businesses of up to 50 people and are submitted by employer and employee representative bodies in collaboration with certified KEK.

Who is entitled to it?
In the context of this program, beneficiaries of submission and implementation are:
the Employers' Representative Bodies designated by their statutes, whose appointments are conducted in the presence of a judicial representative. For bodies which by law have conducted the last elections without the presence of a judicial representative, affidavits are required before a Justice of the Peace of all the members of the electoral committee that will certify the number of voting members of the body as well as that the voting was conducted in accordance with the provisions of statute and the law. The scientific associations whose member companies employ from 1-49 people and are not covered by the above paragraph.
Beneficiary organizations must include in their proposals only employees of businesses in the sector they represent. Employees (independent) are also allowed to participate in the above training program:

• whose employers are not covered by employers' representative bodies or
• their occupation does not allow them to have a permanent employer provided that the LAEK employer contribution (0.24%) is paid for them.

Beneficiary benefits (Employers' Representation bodies, scientific associations, labor centers and unions).
Financial benefits of beneficiaries (Employers' Representation bodies, scientific associations, labor centers and unions). Net profit for the operator = €3/hour/trained = 3 X 40 X 25 = €3,000.

Economic benefits of labor centers.
In the event that the training program is implemented in collaboration with an employee organization, this organization is entitled to a fee of €1.5/hour/trainee = 1.5 X 40 X 25 = €1,500.

Training and upskilling of small business personnel.

Upgrading employee morale for the training offer as well as the financial benefits (€5/hour).

Participating employee benefits.

40 hour training program.

• Certificate of Attendance from the certified KEK KEPETH.
• Financial benefits for the trainee = €5/hour = €200 for a 40-hour training program.

What should the Employers' Representation body do?, scientific associations, labor centers and unions, to implement the LAEK 1-49 program?
To contact the KEK KEPETH and jointly define the cooperation framework for the specific action.

What should workers do? to participate in the LAEK 1-49 program?
To contact KEK KEPETH:

• (by personal contact at Address: 9 Vassani, 38333, Volos,
• by phone contact on the following phones: 2421030535
• By e-mail at info@kepeth.gr

Why implementation in collaboration with KEK KEPETH?
The KEK KEPETH implements with great success since 2001 until today the LAEK 1-25 programs in more than 50 institutions in the Prefecture. For the implementation of these programs, KEK KEPETH undertakes on behalf of the organization:

• The monitoring of announcements
• Finding training candidates and businesses.
• The reliable submission of the program.
• Updating trainees and businesses after program approval.
• The procedures for starting, implementing and repaying the program
• The granting of a Certificate of Attendance for each participant.
• The final report of training results (Evaluation of educational work of participants and lecturers).