Appendix II - Measures And Services Provided Under The Canada-Québec Labour Market Agreement In Principle
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1.0 Québec employment service
1.1 Québec is responsible for providing an employment service including the following functions:
labour exchange;
labour market information.
1.2 Labour exchange
1.2.1 The Québec employment service handles the job applications and job orders which it receives. This is a public employment service promoting equitable access to job opportunities, and it is an effective means of optimizing the distribution of human resources. For job applicants, the service greatly facilitates finding jobs which correspond to their qualifications and wishes. For employers, the service brings to their attention qualified workers who might fill vacancies. The Québec employment service:
records and updates job orders from employers;
makes job orders accessible.
1.3 Labour market information
1.3.1 Labour market information is of various kinds: labour market trends, issues and priorities; characteristics of the workforce; information on education, training and training institutions; data and analyses concerning the level of graduates finding employment; analyses of economic conditions and the labour market; characteristics of businesses; analyses of and information about the sectors of the economy and about trades and occupations; socio-economic profiles. Labour market information makes an important contribution to improving the way the labour market operates, specifically by making available to the labour force and to businesses the information required to match labour supply with demand.
2.0 Downside Committees
2.1 This consists of providing support to businesses, workers and the associations representing them in establishing downside committees and implementing customized measures to facilitate re-employment of workers subject to mass layoff.
3.0 Job preparation
3.1 Job preparation includes all measures to prepare workers for entry or re-entry into the labour force, specifically through activities leading to training and employment, through general training and initial occupational training, and through activities related to educational and occupational information, evaluation and recognition of skills, employment counselling and career guidance, and apprenticeship.
3.2 Among others, job preparation includes:
identification of job seekers who are active claimants, so as to give them rapid access to employment measures;
determination of clients’ service needs;
necessary assistance for developing an individualized approach for finding new employment rapidly, including employment counselling, guidance, acquisitions of skills or of job search technics, or any other activity that can help achieve the objectives established;
action plan follow-up in order to ensure success
4.0 Entry into employment
4.1 Entry into employment includes all measures designed to help unemployed workers find work, such as employability assistance, job search clubs, work re-entry projects, training in a virtual firm, sheltered workshops, intermediate corporations work, wage subsidies for hiring, aids to mobility and so on.
5.0 Job retention
5.1 Job retention includes all measures designed to keep people working and protect existing jobs. This includes a variety of measures within the workplace, such as technical assistance and advice on human resource management, rearrangement and reduction of working hours, and support for workforce committees and so on.
6.0 Employment stabilization
6.1 Employment stabilization includes all measures of a seasonal or conjunctural nature aimed at maintaining the level of employment or lengthening the duration of seasonal, part-time or non-standard employment.
7.0 Direct job creation
7.1 Employment development is aimed at fostering and strengthening conditions that might stimulate job creation. This includes:
mobilization and participation of individuals and labour market partners;
marketing of the labour force;
broadening of the work culture;
support for the development of entrepreneurial skills;
innovation and development of labour market adjustment and management tools.