Employ PEI – For Employers - Atlantic Canada Business Grants

Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Subsidy

Description:

Employ PEI is an employment program to help job seekers develop new skills and gain work experience through on-the-job training. By providing a temporary wage subsidy to an employer, it helps create long term employment opportunities and assists the employer with the cost of hiring and training a new employee.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is a subsidy of 50% of the wages, up to a maximum contribution of $12.50/hour to a maximum of 20 weeks.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling Deadline

Eligibility:

The employer must be:

a registered private sector business,
an organization,
a municipality,
a band/tribal council,
a public health or educational institution,

The employee must be:

unemployed and looking for full-time work,
legally authorized to work in Canada (Canadian citizen or permanent resident),
out of high school for at least 2 years.

Application Steps:

The applicant/employer must submit their application package and receive confirmation from SkillsPEI that they have been approved for the program before they start their new job,

Documentation Needed:

The applicant must submit:

the completed application form,
a detailed job description,
the contact details for the new employee,
a sustainability plan to maintain the new employee following the subsidy period.