TORONTO — David Piccini, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, issued the following statement after the Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 received Royal Assent. “With our fifth Working for Workers Act now law, our government continues to lead Canada by strengthening supports for frontline heroes, growing Ontario’s workforce, and cutting red tape to help more workers get better training, for …
TORONTO — Ontario is helping workers prepare for their retirement by implementing a permanent framework for target benefits. This framework will help support the sustainability of multi-employer pension plans and pave the way for more employers to offer these plans, helping workers save for their retirement. Target benefit pension plans provide a monthly stream of income in retirement at a …
BROCKVILLE —The Ontario government is investing over $2.1 million through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) to train over 700 workers and young people for careers in utilities, electrical trades and motive power trades in Leeds-Grenville, including expanding a training facility in Kemptville. This investment brings Ontario’s total SDF investment in Leeds-Grenville workers to over $4.6 million to support over 2,600 workers, jobseekers and youth. “With …
TORONTO — David Piccini, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, issued the following statement on increasing the province’s minimum wage: “Today, the general minimum wage in Ontario increases from $16.55 per hour to $17.20, helping nearly one million workers earn more money for themselves and their families. Ontario’s minimum wage is one of the highest in the country. …
TORONTO — The Ontario government is expanding the province’s integrated employment services to three more regions to help connect jobseekers, including those on social assistance and people with disabilities, secure rewarding careers. The final expansion of the province’s Employment Services Transformation (EST) to Toronto, Northeast and Northwest Ontario will ensure service system managers (SSM) bring integrated, streamlined and outcomes-oriented employment services to …
OTTAWA — The Ontario government is investing over $4 million through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) to upgrade a SMART Local 47 training centre for sheet metal workers and expand their training curriculum to include French-language materials, enabling them to train more than 500 additional workers over the next five years. With this expanded curriculum, the Gloucester training centre becomes the first in …
TERRACE BAY — The Ontario government is investing nearly $280,000 in a new action centre to help the over 330 workers impacted by layoffs at AV Terrace Bay. The new action centre will connect the Northern Ontarian workers with services and training they need to find new jobs in the same sector or further their careers in others. “Our government stands with …
WINDSOR — The Ontario government is investing over $9 million to train approximately 2,300 manufacturing and construction sector workers in Windsor. This includes a $4.7 million investment to build a new training facility for local electrical workers through the new $224 million Skills Development Fund (SDF) Capital Stream. This brings Ontario’s total investment in Windsor workers through SDF since 2021 to …
VAUGHAN — The Ontario government is investing over $26 million to build a new training centre at LiUNA 183’s skilled trades training campus in Vaughan. This investment comes from the province’s new $224 million Skills Development Fund (SDF) Capital Stream, which was announced by Premier Doug Ford in June 2023 and which will support the training of more than one million workers across …
ST CATHARINES — The Ontario government is investing $10 million through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream with Ontario Shipyards Inc. to train and upskill workers for careers in the shipbuilding and repair sector. This is part of the government’s up to $1.4 billion investment through the SDF to partner with employers, labour unions and other local organizations to connect …
