Scheme will help ill return to work

WORKERS who suffer serious accidents or illnesses will find it easier to return to their jobs under a scheme launched yesterday.

The Employment Retention Grant scheme will pay employers up to 90% of the cost of helping employees to re-adjust.

With a budget of 500,000 for its first year, the FÁS scheme is expected to open up the workplace to people who would have considered their careers to be over.