Linkages – sample Agency Contract - Department of Advanced ...

viii) For possible placements involving bargaining unit positions, the concurrence of the appropriateunion/employee association is the responsibility of the employer.ix) The work to be performed must not be in the form of a personal service, nor of the type paid solely bycommission or output.Individuals Eligible for "Linkages"i) Individuals must be legally entitled to work in Canada.ii) The employee must be a youth, age 18 to 30 years, who has completed Level II High School (beenout of school a minimum of six months) and not be a post-secondary graduate. Consideration willalso be given to individuals over age 30 where the agency and the department determine that theperson is a suitable participant for the program. Employees will have demonstrated limited workexperience, not having made a successful attachment to the labour market and are not EI eligible.(Note: Post-secondary graduates are encouraged to avail of the Department’s Graduate EmploymentProgram).iii) Linkages offers clients a moderate rather than an intense level of client support. Therefore, clientintake/assessment should reflect identification of clients who can clearly benefit from twenty-sixweeks of career related employment combined with bi-weekly group career planning workshops priorto entry to academic up-grading, skills training or continued employment.iv) The employer may not be a member of the immediate family of the decision-making body of the coordinatingagency; and the employee may not be a member of the immediate family of the employeror the co-ordinating agency, unless approved by the Province. For the purpose of “Linkages”immediate family means father/mother, (or alternatively step parent or foster parent), sister, brother,spouse, including common law spouse, child, step child, ward of mother/father-in-law, sister/brotherin-law,or other relative permanently residing with a member of the executive of the co-ordinatingagency or the employer.Reimbursement of Wages Paid to the Employeei) It is the responsibility of the co-ordinating agency, through a system of wage claim submissions fromemployers, project monitoring and financial audit to ensure employees are paid a level of wagesubsidy provided under "Linkages".ii) All payments required by law to be made by an employer on behalf of or paid directly to the employeeincluding Workers Compensation, Employment Insurance, Canada Pension, holiday pay and anyliability arising from this employment shall be the sole and absolute responsibility of the employer.Note: where an employee works on a statutory holiday and premium wages are paid, reimbursementto the employer by the co-ordinating agency will be at the normal approved rate only.Generali) The employer shall be solely responsible for and shall hold the Province free from any and all losses,expenses, damages, demands, and claims arising out of or in connection with injuries (includingdeath) or damages to any and all persons whether worker or others and to property in any waysustained or alleged to have been sustained in connection with or by reasons of the performance ofthe activities.ii) The co-ordinating agency shall be solely responsible for and shall hold the Province free from anyand all losses, expenses, damages, demands, and claims arising out of or in connection with injuries(including death) or damage to or loss of property as a result of the attendance of the Employee atthe co-ordinating agency for attendance to the orientation and the half working day workshops everysecond week for individual and/or group counselling.iii) The employer must comply with the provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, theNewfoundland Human Rights Code, the Newfoundland Labour Standards Act, the ApprenticeshipCertification Act, and with all other applicable Federal and Provincial Legislation.iv) This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Newfoundland and Labrador.v) The co-ordinating agency and employee shall receive the full benefit of any financial assistanceavailable and no other person or organization may receive or collect any percentage or portion of anymonies awarded under this contract.vi) The co-ordinating agency agrees to organize and deliver: a minimum of a four day orientation forworkers prior to job placement; thirteen bi-weekly workshops; and client follow-up services. The biweeklyworkshop topics shall focus on workplace adjustment issues, career planning, and clientinitiated action on the career plan.vii) The co-ordinating agency to attend any Linkages training and to participate in regular regional agencynetworking opportunities organized by the Department.2