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Newbie
Oct 8, 2005
74 posts
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EI finishing. What jobs could you do that would pay rent and still be eligible for Better Jobs Ontario / Second Career to go to school in January? Live in Central Ontario and most places that are hiring its just minimum wage / part time hours. Seems like if you take a job that pays enough for rent it makes you ineligible for Better Jobs Ontario unless it's something low like fruit picking, farm labourer.
Sr. Member
Aug 2, 2012
692 posts
264 upvotes
dominickkk wrote: @EmpCouns Thanks for replying.My current job is grocery clerk.
I heard of some exception due to the pandemic like, working as pt( don't know for how long), or unemployed for 6 months. Are they true?
There is a new eligibility pathway, unrelated to the pandemic. If someone has a "poor attachment to the labour market" - which can be in and out of work, or working 20 hours and under, or unemployed - for 6 months or more, AND has a low income (and the threshold is very low) they may be eligible.

But you also said you had been laid off and you now work as a grocery clerk. Depending on the specific tasks, or if you are working 20 hours or under per week, you could still be eligible based on the layoff.

Suggest you find an Employment Ontario office near you. This website will help you: https://feat.findhelp.ca/
Newbie
Feb 15, 2016
6 posts
1 upvote
EmpCouns wrote: There is a new eligibility pathway, unrelated to the pandemic. If someone has a "poor attachment to the labour market" - which can be in and out of work, or working 20 hours and under, or unemployed - for 6 months or more, AND has a low income (and the threshold is very low) they may be eligible.

But you also said you had been laid off and you now work as a grocery clerk. Depending on the specific tasks, or if you are working 20 hours or under per week, you could still be eligible based on the layoff.

Suggest you find an Employment Ontario office near you. This website will help you: https://feat.findhelp.ca/
Thanks a lot
Newbie
Apr 10, 2018
4 posts
5 upvotes
If anyone's had a positive experience working with an Employment Ontario agency in the Toronto area on their Better Jobs Ontario application, please share their name and/or location here (or DM me). Thanks in advance.

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