Student Summer Skill Incentive (SKILL)

Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Wage subsidy

Description:

SKILL helps registered charities and societies offer summer jobs to post-secondary students. Eligible employers can hire students for terms of 8-14 weeks in the summer and receive a subsidy.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is in the form of a wage subsidy of $9.10 per hour ($10.10 if the student is a member of designated diversity group) for the wages the employers pay their student employees.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

31 January 2022

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

be a not-for-profit organization registered as a charity or active society with the Registry of Joint Stock Companies,
plan to hire a university or college student for 8-14 weeks between April and August,
pay their summer student-employee minimum wage or more (plus vacation pay) for 30 to 35 hours of work per week,
not receive funding from any other government employment program for the same position.

Application Steps:

The applicant must:

access the application form for SKILL.

Documentation Needed:

Applicants must submit:

1
the Societies Act number or Canadian Charity Registration number,
2
contact details of the person at their organization who will be responsible for the agreement,
3
a job description for each new position, as well as its location,
4
a breakdown of the time employees will spend on different tasks