PETL-Employer Wage Reimbursement

Eligibility Criteria

An eligible employer must either be a:

• private company
• non-profit organization
• First Nation Community

Guidelines
The job must:

• be an incremental position
• be for a minimum of 30 hours per week (a minimum of 15 hours per week will be considered for recently established small businesses creating a part-time position which will eventually develop into a full-time position)
• lead to a permanent full-time or annually recurring seasonal position

The job must not:

• be strictly commission based or piecework based
• displace or replace an existing employee or an employee on layoff
• be funded by another employment program
• be related to the management of a First Nation band
• start prior to the approval of the program application

Summary

A wage reimbursement is available to an employer at a rate and duration that depend on the type of employment that is created and individual employed:

• permanent employment
  • unemployed individual (working 15 hours or less): 50 per cent of the hourly wage to a maximum of $8.00 per hour for a period of 12 to 24 weeks depending on job classification;
  • unemployed individual (working 15 hours or less) from a priority group (aboriginal/social assistance recipient/ person with a disability/older workers/visible minorities) 70 per cent of the hourly wage to a maximum of $8.00 per hour for a period of 24 weeks;
  • recent post-secondary graduate (must have graduated from a 40-week course at minimum) 70 per cent of the hourly wage to a maximum of $8.00 per hour for a period of 40 weeks. The employer must pay a minimum of $10.00 per hour.
• annually recurring seasonal job
  • 50 per cent of the hourly wage to a maximum of $8.00 per hour. Employment must be for a period of at least 14 weeks in duration. Funding is for half the employment period (a minimum of 7 to a maximum of 12 weeks).

 

How do I apply?

An application form can be obtained at any Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Office or  SNB-Service New Brunswick Centres and TeleServices.

 

For additional information, visit the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Web site at: http://www.gnb.ca/0311/3e-e.asp or call your nearest office:

 

(Area code 506)

Bathurst	549-5766
Campbellton	789-2411
Caraquet	726-2639
Edmundston	735-2677
Fredericton	453-2377
Fredericton - Central	453-3818
Grand Falls / Grand-Sault	475-4025
Miramichi	627-4000
Moncton	869-6944
Neguac	627-4000
Perth-Andover	273-4559
Richibucto	523-7612
Sackville	869-6944
Saint John	643-7258
Shediac	869-6944
Shippagan	726-2639
St. Stephen	466-7627
Sussex	432-2110
Tracadie-Sheila	726-2639
Woodstock	325-4406

New Brunswick Contact(s):
Employment Division
Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour
P. O. Box 6000
Fredericton, New Brunswick  E3B 5H1
Telephone: 506-453-3818
Fax: 506-453-7967