Provincial government brings back student employment program
Posted Nov 3, 2015 1:17 pm.
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Premier Rachel Notley has announced that the province is bringing back the summer temporary employment program which will provide wage subsidies for more than 3,000 student positions.
The NDP government is bringing back a popular program that provided student employment in Alberta.
Notley said the program, which she promised during the election campaign, will help students gain valuable work experience while helping employers access a new workforce.
For the first time, the Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP) will be available to small businesses when the program begins next summer.
“By investing in them, we will help students take their first step up the ladder to their future careers,” Notley said. “Supporting a generation of bright, eager, and skilled Albertans is the Alberta way.”
The program was scrapped two years ago by the previous PC government.
$10-million has been dedicated to the STEP program each year, moving forward.
