HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING

HRDT- PROGRAMS

TARGETED WAGE SUBSIDY

  • Is your business looking to the future, then there is no better way to guarantee success than to providing direct work-experience to potential employees' in your place of work.
    MMF - HRDT Department can assist by subsidizing up to 60% of the wages to eligible participants in their occupational field.
  • Targeted Wage Subsidies for employers' have been designed to make it economical smart and affordable for your business to hire energetic new employees'. This program provides employees' with pre-employment and on-the-job work experience activities in their occupational field that will lead to only a fully qualified and experienced employee, but also long-term permanent employment.
  • Your Business is eligible... if you have a prospective employee who is currently unemployed, and you can provide at least 30 hours of work per week that will lead to the development of employment skills and long-term permanent employment.

What is Targeted Wage Subsidy?

  • Targeted Wage Subsidy is a labour market program delivered by MMF - HRDT that provides employers with a subsidy to hire employee's, who are experiencing difficulty finding employment because of different factors such as being out of the work force for a long period or a lack or work experience.

What is the objective of Targeted Wage Subsidy?

  • The objective of Targeted Wage Subsidy is to assist maintain long-term employment by providing direct work experience in their occupational field with an employer.

Who can apply?

  • Businesses, Non-Profit Organizations, Educational Institutions, Manitoba Métis Governments, and Community Development Corporations.

Who is eligible to participate?

  • Métis, Inuit or other Aboriginal person not registered under the Indian Act, who are unemployed and having difficulty making the transition to work.

What are eligible costs?

  • Keeping in mind that although and in respect to the flexibility of the program MMF - HRDT can only assist up to and in accordance with client needs, and not employers wants. Maximum contribution should not exceed 60% of total wages for the entire duration of project.

To apply or for more information contact our Interlake Office at (204) 646-4091.