Job Opportunities Program
Worker Eligibility
Recipients of Job Opportunities Program funding must
make an effort through job postings and advertising to
notify unemployed resource workers in the project area
of upcoming employment opportunities funded by the
program. To qualify as an unemployed resource worker
under the Job Opportunities Program, a worker must meet
all four of the following Job Opportunities Program
Worker Eligibility Requirements. Please note that these
requirements differ from those for other Community
Development Trust programs:
- The worker’s resource employment was in
forestry, fishing, agriculture, mining, or
manufacturing.
- The worker lives in British Columbia and
his or her primary occupation for at least the past
two full years has been working in a B.C. resource
industry as an employee of a company, a contractor,
a sub contractor, or as an independent owner/
operator.
- At least 65 per cent of the worker’s
earned income has come from resource industry work
in each of the past two years.
- The worker lost his or her resource sector
job on or after May 1, 2007 due to:
- Permanent shift reduction, closure or
workforce reduction; or,
- Involuntary lay-off or loss of
contract work of more than, or expected to be
more than, four months; or,
- Voluntary resignation by mutual
agreement with his or her employer to create an
opportunity for a younger worker.
Documents that may help workers prove their
eligibility include Records of Employment, layoff
notices, contracts and correspondence and/or tax forms.
Workers who meet all four of these requirements may
wish to contact organizations that are funded for job
opportunities created under the Job Opportunities
Program. Each funded organization is responsible for its
own hiring.
Workers are
not eligible if::
- their loss of work was due to a regular seasonal
break, or
- they resigned voluntarily, or
- they were terminated for cause, or
- they are an owner/ manager, director or officer,
except in the case of independent owner/operators.
Definitions
| When we say |
We mean |
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| Contractor |
A person or entity holding a
contract or subcontract to do work for a
resource company in British Columbia. |
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| Independent owner/operator |
An individual who owns and
operates a piece of equipment under a contract
or subcontract to a resource company in B.C.,
and does not employ contractors or employees. |
For more information about the Job Opportunities Program:
For more information about the Community Development Trust:
- 1-877-238-8882 from B.C. communities outside Victoria
- 250-387-5349 from Victoria
- email: cdt@gov.bc.ca
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