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Employment Programs and Services



On this page you will find information regarding services and incentives to individuals and employers for employment. Program and service information focuses on the following subject areas:

• supports for job search,
• supports for hiring,
• work experience,
• employment transition incentives, and
• wage subsidies, hiring and on-the-job training incentives.

Employment Benefits and Support Measures (EBSMs)

December 2007:

• December, 2007: Extending Employment Benefit and Support Measure (OEBSM) Agreements (PDF, 18 KB)
• December, 2007: Increased Budget Flexibility (PDF, 18 KB)
• December, 2007: Employment Benefit and Support Measure (OEBSM) Agreements Budget Pro-Rating (PDF, 9 KB)
• November, 2007: MTCU Guidelines Child or Spousal Support Orders and Participation in Ontario Employment Benefits (PDF, 148 KB)
• Forms

Ontario Employment Assistance Services (OEAS)

• Audit and Accountability Requirements for Service Providers 2011/2012 (Word, 142 KB)

Employment Ontario Network Development Fund (EONDF)

Employment Ontario Network Development Fund (EONDF) supports the development and capacity of the Employment Ontario third party service delivery network.

• July, 2011: 2011-12 Employment Ontario Network Development Fund Funding
  • Funding Priorities (PDF, 19 KB)
  • Funding Questions and Answers (PDF, 15 KB)
  • Application Package (Word, 212 KB)
• March, 2011: Notice of Collection of Personal Information and Consent (PDF, 15 KB)
• March, 2011 Audit and Accountability Requirements 2010 -11 and 2011-12 (EONDF) (Word, 1,484 KB)
• 2010-11 Employment Ontario Network Development Fund (EONDF) Application Package

Employment Service (ES)

Employment Service offers a range of resources, supports and service components to respond to the career and employment needs of individuals and the skilled labour needs of employers, and can help individuals on a path to higher skill training and employment. The five components of the Employment Service provide a highly flexible tool kit of services that can be customized to a client’s particular needs.

• November 2011: 2012-2013 Employment Service Service Provider Guidelines (PDF, 2,094 KB)

Job Connect (JC)

Job Connect can help people prepare for and find a job. Job Connect also works with employers to help them find and hire the qualified people they need.

• February, 2010: Job Connect System (JCS) Website Shutdown (PDF, 14 KB)
• Job Connect (JC)
  The JCS web site is currently unavailable, please see the Forms link below for JC/SJS forms.
• Employment Ontario Job Connect Overview
• Forms

Job Creation Partnerships (JCP)

Ontario Job Creation Partnerships is an employment program that provides work experience to unemployed job seekers within projects that benefit the community or local economy.

• Employment Ontario JCP Overview
• Forms

Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program

The Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program helps potential entrants to the apprenticeship system develop their job skills and trade readiness so that they will be prepared to find work as apprentices.

• Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program Guidelines and Proposal Application 2008-09 (PDF, 235 KB)
• Employment Ontario Pre-Apprenticeship Overview

Summer Jobs Service (SJS)

Free job-search and self-marketing support is available through Employment Ontario Summer Jobs Services agencies to help students find summer jobs. A $2-per-hour-per-student hiring incentive is available for eligible Ontario employers to create summer job placements.

• December 2011: Status and Adjustment Report (SAR)
  • Memo to Service Providers (PDF, 16 KB)
  • Status and Adjustment Report (SAR) Template (Word, 69 KB)
• July, 2011: Summer Jobs Service (SJS) 2011-12
  • Employer Registration and Contract Form Memo (PDF, 15 KB)
  • Service Provider Guidelines Memo (PDF, 14 KB)
  • Service Provider Guidelines (PDF, 104 KB)
• May, 2011: Summer Jobs Service (SJS) Participant Information Form Memo (PDF, 15 KB)
• May, 2011: Summer Jobs Service Audit and Accountability Requirements for Service Providers 2011/2012 (Word, 186 KB)
• May, 2011: Summer Jobs Service (SJS) and EOIS-Case Management (CaMS) Release 2.0 (PDF, 15 Ko)
• May, 2011: EOIS Case Management System (CaMS) Summer Jobs Service (SJS) 2011-2012 Questions and Answers (PDF, 34 Ko)
• April, 2011: 2011 Ontario Budget Increased Investment to Ontario Summer Jobs Strategy (OSJS) Programs (PDF, 20 KB)
• January, 2011: 2011-2012 Summer Jobs Service (SJS) Program Delivery Memo (PDF, 15 KB)
• June, 2010: Summer Jobs Service Program Forms Bulletin (PDF, 17 KB)
• Forms

Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW)

The TIOW is a federal-provincial cost-shared program targeting unemployed workers aged 55 to 64 living in communities of less than 250,000 people that have high unemployment or a high reliance on single industries.

• Targeted Initiative for Older Workers Overview
• Forms