Career Transition Assistance
Important Message: The Career Transition Assistance initiative is sunsetting and new applications will no longer be accepted by provinces and territories.
As part of the Economic Action Plan, the government of Canada implemented two temporary Career Transition Assistance initiatives to assist long-tenured workers to renew or upgrade their skills while they received regular EI benefits.
In addition, eligible laid-off workers who received payments on termination of employment and used some of these payments to pay for approved training did not have to wait as long before they received EI benefits.
Delivered by: Service Canada on behalf of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
Eligibility Information
To be eligible, a person must have:
- qualified for regular Employment Insurance Benefits;
- been identified as a long-tenured worker by Service Canada;
- started a Return to Work Action Plan with their local employment service provider.
Dates and Deadlines
- These initiatives came into force on May 31, 2009, and applied to EI benefit periods established between January 25, 2009 and May 29, 2010.
- The Return to Work Action Plan must have been started with the local service provider before October 10, 2010.
Additional information
- There were two Career Transition Assistance initiatives - the Extended Employment Insurance and Training Incentive (EEITI) pilot project and the Severance Investment for Training Initiative (SITI).