Lower-income care workers and others helping Saskatchewan鈥檚 vulnerable citizens might be eligible for wage supplements through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Applications are made through the Saskatchewan Temporary Wage Supplement Program.
For more information, visit聽, email聽[email protected]聽or call 1-800-667-6102.
Entitled workers will receive wage supplements of $400 each four-week period, up to 16 weeks, from March 15 to July 4, 2020. The employees must earn less than $24 per hour at care facilities deemed essential within the four-week period when they鈥檝e applied for the supplements.聽
Eligible workers must have total earnings of less than $2,500, including wages from employment at external care facilities in the mandatory four-weeks.
Authorized facilities include public and private care homes, community-based and personal care homes, licensed childcare facilities, emergency shelters, transitions shelters and integrated health care facilities. Home care workers providing care to seniors in their homes can also apply for these supplements. 聽聽聽
The wage supplement is accessible for full time, part-time and casual workers and incorporates anyone employed by qualified facilities in Saskatchewan. 聽
The wage supplement is offered for full-time, part-time and casual essential workers and embraces anyone working in the province鈥檚 applicable services with limitations.
Care workers, cooks, housekeepers, janitors and administrative staff are able to apply 鈥� but third-party contract service providers aren鈥檛 eligible.
The wage supplement program is cost-shared with the federal government.
The supplement will assist an estimated 35,000 lower-income workers at vital care facilities across Saskatchewan.
