Notice of Collection and Consent – Skills Development Fund Consortia
Your organization is in a partnership agreement with a lead organization. The lead organization, in turn, has an Agreement with the Ministry or Labour, Training and Skills Development (ministry). In accordance with the partnership agreement your information will be shared with the lead organization. The lead organization, in turn, will share your information with the ministry. The partnership agreement requires that your organization make its records available to the lead organization. The lead organization will share your information with the ministry for
inspection, investigation or audit. Your organization is also required to report to the lead organization and therefore the ministry on:
The ministry will also collect relevant personal information about you from the Government of Canada (Canada) if necessary. The purpose of this information is to determine your eligibility for Employment Insurance benefits, the nature and level of Employment Insurance benefits, and to monitor, assess and evaluate the effectiveness of Skills Development Fund. Depending on the type of service or support you receive and any incentives available to your employer to hire you, your organization or the ministry may also collect personal information about you from your employer.
The ministry may use contractors and auditors to administer and finance Skills Development Fund. Administration includes:
If you are a client of, or applying to, the Ontario Disability Support Program or Ontario Works, the ministry will provide your personal information to the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) for the purposes or administering employment services and managing the participation of MCCSS clients within employment support programs under the Ontario Works Act, 1997, and the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997.
Skills Development Fund is funded by the ministry, in part with funds provided by Canada under Part II of the Employment Insurance Act. When funds are provided by Canada, the ministry is required to provide information to Canada to help monitor and assess the Employment Insurance Program, as required under S.3 of the Employment Insurance Act.
The ministry collects your personal information pursuant to the LMDA and WDA, ss. 3 and 63 of the Employment Insurance Act, S.C. 1996, C.23 as amended, and s.76.29 of the Employment Insurance Regulations, SOR/96-332. For clients who identify as Ontario Disability Support Program recipients or Ontario Works recipients, the ministry collects and discloses your personal information to MCCSS in accordance with the s.71 of the Ontario Works Act, 1997, and s.53 of the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997.
For more information about the collection and use of your personal information to administer and finance Skills Development Fund, you can contact the Manager, Employment Ontario Call Centre, in writing at the Ministry Labour, Training and Skills Development, 33 Bloor Street East, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M7A 2S3 or by phone at 1-800-387-5656. For the hearing impaired, TTY is available at 1-866-533-6339.