Labour Adjustment Advisory Program
Through the Adjustment Advisory Program (AAP), the Ontario government works with employers, employees and communities to develop strategies to cope with company downsizing or plant closures.
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Resource centre set up after Beta Brands
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Dorothy Nauss helped former Beta Brands
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What services are available?
The AAP supplies advisory and financial assistance to its clients to help them adjust to the effects of job loss in the workplace. AAP advisers help clients identify their needs and secure appropriate support, including career counselling, training, referral and job search skills training. Adjustment committees are established to ensure full employer and employee participation in the process.
Employee or displaced worker adjustment
The APP helps employees who are being laid-off to deal with the effects of losing their jobs. AAP helps them to review their options and plan their next steps through adjustment committees. Committees include representatives from all the affected employee groups, as well as management and the union of the company.
The committees plan and implement any programs and services staff need, including job-search assistance, vocational and educational counselling, information on training, personal support in dealing with the stress of job loss, financial counselling and information on starting a small business.
Who can participate?
Participation is open to any Ontario resident affected by layoffs, downsizings or closures of employers with 50 or more employees that have been reported to the Ministry of Labour by a Form 1 Summary.
United Way and labour adjustment
Through our work with various partners and agencies, United Way works with adjustment committees to find appropriate trainers for the people who will be helping the laid off workers. We also use our expertise and contacts to help leverage and manage the resources needed.
For more information about the Labour Adjustment Advisory Program, contact Sharon Lupton at 519-438-1723 ext. 232.