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Bridge to Re-employment Relief Grant

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Value

Up to 75% of their previous weekly earnings when combined with Employment Insurance benefits.

Description

Bridge to Re-employment will help workers in their transition to re-employment. Workers will receive support through a relief
grant, which when combined with Employment Insurance benefits, will provide 75 per cent of a worker’s previous weekly
earnings (earned while employed at the affected coal-fired power plant or mine). The relief grant will continue up to the point of
re-employment or 45 weeks, whichever is shorter.

Eligible Applicants

You were employed with one or more of the following employers:

  • Battle River 3, 4, 5 – ATCO Power
  • Genesee 1, 2, and 3 – Capital Power
  • Keephills 1 and 2 – TransAlta
  • Keephills 3 – Capital Power/TransAlta
  • Sheerness 1 and 2 – ATCO
  • Power/TransAlta
  • Sundance 1 to 6 – TransAlta
  • HR Milner – Maxim Power
  • Highvale mine – TransAlta, and
  • Sheerness, Genesee, and Paintearth mines – Westmoreland Coal Company

You had continuous employment for at least one year immediately prior to the date of your layoff.
Your date of layoff is on or after January 2, 2018

Eligible Expenses

Workers will receive up to 75% of their previous weekly earnings when combined with Employment Insurance benefits.

Relief grant payments are issued every 2 weeks for 45 weeks or until they gain full-time employment, whichever is shorter. If a worker finds temporary full-time employment (35 hrs/week or more) payments will be paused for up to 12 months.

Deadline Date

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Contact

Contact Name: Career and Employment Services Contact Centre

Phone Number: 1-800-661-3753 (toll-free)

E-mail Address: CSS.CSDCWTPSupports@gov.ab.ca

Website: https://www.alberta.ca/support-for-coal-workers.aspx#toc-1

Industry:

Employment

Location:

Alberta

Tags:

Employee

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