Collection and Use of Personal Information:
The organization that is responsible for delivering training or services to you under the Skills Development Fund Training Stream (which may be your employer), is required to disclose the personal information that you provide on this form to the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (the “Ministry”) under its transfer payment agreement with the Ministry. The organization is also required to report to the Ministry on:
· The training/services it tailors and provides to you;
· Your employment progress and outcome over time; and
· Your satisfaction with the training/services you receive
The organization may be required to make its records available to the Ministry for the purposes of inspection, investigation or audit. These records may contain your personal information.
Depending on the type of training/services or support you receive and any incentives available to your employer to hire you through the Skills Development Fund Training Stream, the Ministry may also collect personal information about you from your employer.
The Ministry collects your personal information as described above for the following purposes:
· Planning for, allocating, and administering funding for the administration and delivery of the Skills Development Fund Training Stream;
· Detecting, monitoring and preventing any unauthorized receipt or use of the funding; and
· Conducting research and analysis related to the administration and delivery of employment programs and services funded by the Ministry.
Disclosure of Personal Information:
The Ministry may use contractors, auditors, agents, or other authorized third parties to deliver, administer or evaluate programs or services under the Skills Development Fund Training Stream, and may disclose your personal information to them where necessary for those purposes.
If you are a client of, or applying to, the Ontario Disability Support Program or Ontario Works, the Ministry will disclose your personal information to the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) for the purposes of 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.
Authority to Collect, Use and
Disclose Personal Information:
The Ministry is authorized to collect and use personal information for the purposes of planning, developing, administering and conducting research and analysis of employment-related programs and services pursuant to subsection 15(1) of the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities Act. The Ministry’s collection and use, as described above, is in accordance with subsection 38(2), clause 39(1)(a) and (h), and clauses 41(1)(a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) The Ministry's disclosure of personal information to third party contractors, auditors and organizations that deliver Skills Development Fund Training Stream is authorized by subsection 15(4.1) of the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities Act.
The Ministry's disclosure of personal information to MCCSS is authorized by subsection 15(4.2) of the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities Act.
The Ministry’s disclosure of your personal information, as described above, is in accordance with clauses 42(1)(b) and (c) of the FIPPA.
Contact Information
For more information about the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information with respect to the Skills Development Fund Training Stream, you can contact the Manager, Employment Ontario Call Centre, in writing at the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, 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.