The Employees Retraining Board (ERB) launches the Love Upgrading Special Scheme 3 (Scheme) in January 2021 to support the unemployed or underemployed to upgrade their skills for self-enhancement and employment.
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| Application Arrangement | Each eligible trainee may apply up to 4 training courses with no more than 2 full-time vocational skills courses5 |
| Application Period | 1 January to 30 June 2021 |
| Training Period | On or before 30 September 2021 |
| Special Allowance | Eligible trainees who have completed a course under the Scheme with attendance rate of 60% will be disbursed special allowance. The special allowance for full-time courses is $223 per day (on basis of 2 sessions a day, 4 hours per session) and that for part-time courses is $111.5 per day (on basis of 1 session a day, 4 hours per session). The maximum amount of allowance payable monthly to a trainee is $5,800. |
- Including those who finished study or graduated on or after 1 June 2019, but have failed to engage in employment.
- The amount of work from employment or self-employment in the month of course application is 80% or less than that in any one of the previous 3 months.
- Taking leave without pay for at least 4 days per month on or after 1 June 2019 at employer’s request.
- Applicants should be lawfully employable and not subject to conditions of stay, including permanent residents of the HKSAR and new arrivals.
- Including the courses applied in the period of 3 October 2019 to 31 December 2020 under the Love Upgrading Special Scheme, and courses offered through enterprise-based training under the Scheme.
