You can enjoy lower training costs and more training choices if you send your employees for training.
The training grant covers 95% Absentee Payroll (no dollar cap). You can benefit from this when you enroll your employees in any of the following courses:
Your employees will qualify if they meet these criteria:
You can apply and claim for the grants through the SkillsConnect system.
At the point of application, the system will automatically compute the course fee funding support and absentee payroll funding that the company is entitled to, based on the workers' profile. Applications are to be submitted between 30 days before and after the course start date. Claims are to be submitted no later than 120 days after the course has ended.
You will have to first pay the existing nett fee. Thereafter, you will be reimbursed for the additional course fee funding support that you are entitled to as well as the higher absentee payroll after making a claim via the SkillsConnect system.
You can up skill your employees by sending them to the Workfare Skill-Up Programme.
Workfare Skill-Up is a structured training programme to motivate individuals and provide them with foundational training, so that they are equipped with the basic skills for further training.
Individuals can participate in literacy and numeracy training programmes under the WSQ Employability Skills (ES) framework.
Under the Workfare Skill-Up Programme, you can enjoy:
In 2016, your employees will qualify if they:
To apply, you may sign up at any WSG Career Centre or e2i centres.
