Canada and Ontario Governments announce New Job Grant

What do businesses need to know?

The Canada-Ontario Job Grant helps employers invest in their workforce with support from the government. The Job Grant provides direct financial support to individual employers who wish to purchase training for their employees. It is available to small, medium, and large businesses with a plan to deliver short-term training to existing and new employees.

The Job Grant will provide businesses with up to $10,000 per person to cover training costs for workers or unemployed Ontarians in needs of skills upgrading.

In order to participate in the program, employers will be required to contribute on average, one-third or up to $5,000 of the total costs of training. Small businesses will benefit from flexible arrangements, such as the potential to count wages as part of their employer contribution.

Eligible training under the Job Grant can be provided in a classroom, on-site at a workplace, or online, as long as it is provided by an eligible third-party trainer, such as a community college, career college, trade union centre, and/or private trainer.

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