Northwest Employment Works

As an Employer, What Are My Responsibilities? 

Employer responsibilities are as follows:

• Pay the participant directly
• Provide the participant with the same employment terms, conditions and benefits provided to other employees
• Make all legally required employer and employee contributions and deductions
• Ensure the participant receives adequate supervision, regular and continuing instruction, and sufficient opportunity to learn the job duties
• Comply with all applicable employment related provincial and federal employment statutes in respect of the client
• Maintain adequate employee coverage under the Workers’ Compensation Act or equivalent
• Maintain adequate third party liability coverage
• Maintain attendance and payroll records of the client
• Submit to the delivery agency, copies of payroll records for reimbursement purposes (if placement is subsidized)
• Complete scheduled participant evaluations
• Inform the delivery agency immediately if the participant is to be dismissed, or has quit
• Ensure that no regular full-time or part-time employees are displaced in any way by the employment of the participant
• Provide the delivery agency evaluation information