Employment Programs, Planning and Exemptions

Category Overview

The Employment Programs, Planning and Exemptions category provides information about the following:

• Assessment of recipients who have employability-related obligations, no employability-related obligations or exemptions from employability related obligations;
• Ministry Client Needs Assessment (MCNA) and Employability Plans (EP); and
• Employability supports

The MCNA is a tool used to determine a recipient’s level of employment readiness, identify barriers to employment, and determine whether they will be referred to employment services with employability-related obligations. Once employability has been assessed, recipients may be required to have an EP.

EPs identify any conditions and opportunities for their participation in employment, community and/or social involvement, or programming designed to improve their employability.

Failure to participate in or comply with an MCNA or EP may result in sanctions. Non-exempt income assistance recipients may be required to participate in a MCNA and EP activities as a condition of ongoing assistance.

MCNAs and EPs are not required for applicants, recipients that have no employability-related obligations, and/or are exempt from the consequences of failing to meet those obligations.