Amount:
No Fixed Amount
Type of Program:
Subsidy
Description:
The JobsNL Wage Subsidy program supports employers to create sustainable long-term employment or seasonal / short term employment. The subsidy is intended to offset salary costs to create new positions.
There are two subsidy options:
- 1JobsNL- 42 that provides a wage subsidy for 28 weeks of a minimum 42-week period of employment
- 2JobsNL- 28 that provides a wage subsidy for a period of 10 – 28 weeks, allowing funding for seasonal / short term employment.
Comments on Funding:
For the JobsNL- 42 option the subsidy is as follows:
A completion bonus of $2,000 for the employer and $1,000 for the employee may be paid, only if the employee remains employed for ten (10) weeks after the end of the subsidy, meaning 52 weeks of continuous employment.
For the JobsNL- 28 option the subsidy is 60% subsidy, to a maximum of $12 towards the hourly wage rate.
A completion bonus of $2,000 for the employer and $1,000 for the employee may be paid to employers approved for a subsidy of 28 weeks, only if the employee remains employed for ten (10) weeks after the end of the subsidy period, meaning 38 weeks of continuous employment.
When It Ends:
Ongoing
Deadline:
Rolling deadline
Eligibility:
Applicants must:
Federal and provincial government departments, crown agencies and corporations, boards and commissions, municipalities and political parties are not eligible for funding
Participants must:
Application Steps:
register and create an account in the Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills LaMPSS payment system to apply on-line,
complete and submit an online application and wait to be notified by email after a decision is made on the application – within 20 business days of receipt of a complete application,
submit the Consent Form after hiring an individual. When approval is granted, an individual must be hired within 30 business days.
Documentation Needed:
The applicant must submit:
Other Things to Note:
No other details available.
Program Contact:
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