S-32.001 - Act respecting income support, employment assistance and social solidarity

Section 4 Disposition versions

1999-10-01

4. Within the scope of employment-assistance measures, programs and services, the Minister may offer persons financial assistance in particular to

(1)  help them obtain skills for employment, ranging from basic to specific skills;

(2)  encourage them to accept employment through incentives such as earning supplements;

(3)  assist them in their efforts to enter, re-enter or remain on the labour market;

(4)  provide them with employment opportunities through which they can gain work experience to improve their employment prospects;

(5)  encourage employers to hire them.

Financial assistance may be granted, for instance, in the form of an employment-assistance allowance, the reimbursement of expenses or wage subsidies.

1998, c. 36, s. 4.