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Targeted Wage Subsidies
Local Human Resources Development Canada offices and/or partner agencies can offer temporary wage subsidies to employers as an incentive to hire individuals they may not hire otherwise, such as workers with disabilities or young people with marginal work experience. Employers benefit by getting needed staff and unemployed individuals benefit by learning new skills and gaining valuable experience.

An employer's Targeted Wage Subsidy proposal is evaluated on the quality of the work experience offered to participants, and on the likelihood that the job will continue in the long term.

Worker participants, for whom a Targeted Wage Subsidy may be arranged, are unemployed individuals:
  • currently receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits;


  • whose EI benefit period ended within the last three years; or


  • who received EI maternity or parental benefits within the past five years and are re-entering the labour force after having left it to care for newborn or newly-adopted children.
Other criteria may apply.

A Targeted Wage Subsidy can be used for up to a year and a half but the average duration is between 26 and 30 weeks. Under normal circumstances, the wage subsidy should not exceed 60 percent of the total wages paid to the individual for the period of the agreement.

Contact your local Human Resources Development Canada office (number available in the Government of Canada pages of your telephone directory).


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