ATTENTION Rural Employers Planning To Hire Summer Students

The 2010 Ontario Rural Summer Jobs Service is now accepting applications from eligible employers who plan to create summer jobs for rural youth. Eligible businesses and community organizations in rural Ontario can receive a hiring incentive of $2 per hour to create student employment.

What Qualifies as a RURAL Business?

If your business or organization is located in a town, small city or rural township with a population of 100,000 or less, you are eligible to apply to this program. How Does the Rural Summer Job Service Work?

Employers can benefit from the program for up to 16 weeks. To qualify, the student employment must be created sometime during the six month period from April 1st to September 30th, 2010. The maximum available per position is 35 hours/week x 16 weeks =560 hours. 560 hours x $2/hour =$1120 per full time position.

The goal of the Rural Summer Jobs Service is to help local employers create jobs which enhance the skills and work experience of students in rural Ontario while helping employers advance their operations. The program provides a hiring incentive to employers who can create jobs for students between the ages of 14 and 30 who intend to return to school in the fall of 2010.

If I am unable to apply early, will my eligibility be diminished?

Each employer applying to the program has an equal opportunity regardless of when the application is submitted as long as it is received before the deadline.

Application Process:

There are two ways to apply for the program:

1.Employers are encouraged to use the on-line application . The online application form takes less than 10 minutes to complete and ensures that your information is uploaded quickly and accurately. After completing the form, simply type your name in the signature field. This is considered an electronic signature for the purpose of the contract. Click submit and you're done! There is no need to print the application and send it in. You will receive a confirmation email after hitting the submit button. The application deadline is April 16, 2010.

2. Alternatively, if you can not use the online application process, you can print the application form and mail or fax it in. See below for address and fax number.

You are strongly encouraged to apply using the online application form, however, regardless of the method used, please apply using one method ONLY.

Your Employer Application/Contract may be mailed or faxed to: Rural Summer Jobs Service Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs 1 Stone Road West, 4th Floor NW Guelph, Ontario N1G 4Y2 Fax (519) 826-3398

Applicants can expect to receive confirmation stating the number of approved positions by the end of May 2010. All eligible employers who have submitted a completed application form will be awarded at least one position.

A representative of the 2010 Rural Summer Jobs Service will contact all employers who have submitted an incomplete or ineligible application form by telephone, e-mail, fax or mail.

Important Dates

April 1, 2010: First day for subsidized employment for student positions

April 16, 2010: Deadline for submission of Employer Application forms

September 30, 2010: Last day the hiring incentive is available for student positions

October 15, 2010: Deadline for submission of Employer Claim forms either on-line or by mail or fax

For more information: Toll Free: 1-888-588-4111 Fax: 1-519-826-3398 E-mail: rsjs.omafra@ontario.ca