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Workforce Development Agreement (WDA)
Overview In Budget 2017, Canada announced its commitment to make three labour market transfer agreements (Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities, the Canada Job Fund Agreements and the Targeted Initiative for Older Worker Agreements) simpler and more flexible by...
Skilled Labour Pool
Hiring from the PEI labour pool is a cost-effective investment. Islanders are known as dedicated, hard-working, loyal employees. Recent data indicates labour costs in PEI are among the lowest in Canada and more than 60 per cent of the Island workforce has a post-secondary degree...
WorkPEI connects job seekers with work opportunities
Creating jobs for Islanders WorkPEI is helping to make the labour market easier to navigate for employers and for people looking for jobs on PEI. “The job market is tighter than it used to be, so that means companies don’t really have the option of just looking at a stack of...
Labour Market Ministers work together to prepare Canadians for the jobs of today and tomorrow
Canada’s Labour Market Ministers met today to discuss strategic priorities and enable progress on shared interests such as: renewed collaboration on labour market transfer agreements, improving labour market information, strengthening apprenticeship, labour mobility and foreign...
Provincial Government to remove U.S. products from LCC and limit procurement with U.S. based companies
In response to yesterday’s announcement of the U.S. Administration imposing tariffs on Canadian products starting on Tuesday, the PEI Government will take immediate steps to remove U.S. based products from liquor stores and will be limiting procurement with U.S. based companies...
WorkPEI connects employers with the talent they need
Creating jobs for Islanders - When Road Trax -- a Kensington company that provides maintenance for the trucking industry – needed to fill a long-standing vacancy, staff turned to WorkPEI. Road Trax had been advertising for four months to fill a mechanics position, with no success...
Student Summer Employment Programs - Jobs for Youth & Post-Secondary Student Programs
PEI employers who hire students during summer may qualify for the employee wage subsidy offered through two separate student employment programs: Jobs for Youth Program This program supports students aged 15-29 working 8-12 weeks during summer and students must be returning to school in the Fall. Post-Secondary Student Program Supports full-time post-secondary students working a minimum of 12 to a maximum of 18 weeks during the summer. The exact number of weeks designated per placement will be based on factors such as but not limited to: position, wage, and the likelihood of opportunity for...
Temporary Foreign Worker Recruiter Licence Consultation
New Foreign Worker Recruiter Licence The province is moving forward with enacting the Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act (not yet in force) starting with requiring foreign worker recruiters to be licenced. The province is conducting consultations on the draft regulations...
Province extends COVID-19 financial supports
The province is extending the COVID-19 Emergency Payment for Workers Program and the Emergency Income Relief Program for the Self-Employed to help Islanders get through the continued public health measures. Both programs were scheduled to end January 8, 2022 but will be extended...