By Riia O’Donnell, HR Dive
The ELEVATE Act (Economic Ladders to End Volatility and Advance Training to Employment) would fund subsidies to public and private efforts that incentivize employers to hire and retain workers, particularly those who face barriers to employment, like prior criminal records, long-term unemployment, displacement and homelessness. According to a summary text, ELEVATE would provide funding to programs, including a new Social Security Act jobs program that would pay for workers to receive six months of wages and benefits for public, private, non-profit or social enterprise sector jobs. The act would subsidize the costs of training, job searches and services, child care and transportation costs directly related to employment. It would also include federal self-employment funds to help workers start their own business and relocation assistance to move to another market, “to promote entrepreneurship and worker mobility,” according to the legislators.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/dems-propose-bill-to-subsidize-training-programs/546459/
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