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Part-time job to fill? Hire a student and get wage subsidies!
With the Work Study Program, you’ll be reimbursed a portion of the hourly wage - all while supporting students in financial need. Using Quebec government grants and operating monies, Scholarships and Student Aid offers subsidies to employers every year. Take advantage of this cost-saving program and hire a Work Study student. It’s easy: apply, request subsidy hours, hire a student, and get reimbursed!
Base subsidy: $5.00 of student’s hourly wage
Faculties of Arts and Science: Additional subsidy! Fill your position with a student studying in your faculty and get 10$/hour reimbursed.
How it works
Apply each term for subsidy hours. Then, post your job and hire a Work Study student. You’ll receive your wage subsidy with each pay period (McGill employers) or at the end of the academic term (McGill-affiliated employers).
Who can apply?
McGill faculty and staff, as well as affiliate employers, looking to fill part-time jobs that are on-campus or on McGill affiliated sites.
Eligibility
A McGill employer or McGill-affiliated* employer must:
- Be on the University campus, or in facilities owned, leased or rented by the University, or on a McGill-affiliated site.
- Pay an hourly rate equivalent to or greater than the minimum wage under the current Collective Agreement.
- Be flexible in accommodating students’ academic schedules.
*Organizations such as SSMU, MUHC, CKUT, and others are considered McGill-affiliated employers. They are non-McGill organizations where a staff member is working in association with McGill.
Eligibility Details
McGill or McGill-affiliated employers must:
- Not contravene any labour agreements.
- Have a Supervisor and a payroll person/McGill administrative delegate who will share responsibility for:
- McGill employers: Creating a job requisition in Workday linked to pre-established job catalogues
- Posting the job (preferably in myFuture).
- Interviewing and hiring Work Study students.
- Providing supervised employment in accordance with the pre-determined job description.
- Ensuring that the student is placed on payroll and that bi-weekly payroll reports are submitted, covering the actual hours worked in a given pay period.
- Adhering to the appropriate Collective Agreement governing a McGill Casual Employee.
- McGill-affiliated organizations: Affiliates must have a McGill affiliate email account.