Have you filed Severance Claim Yet?

Filing Termination Pay and Severance Claim with Ontario Ministry of Labour can be done on line at: :

https://www.empstdsclaims.labour.gov.on.ca/EClaim/welcome.do

Copy and past it into the Explorer address bar, press next and agree to all disclaimers until you start to fill out your name etc. as shown below:

The claim should be for 16 weeks Termination Pay, regardless of how long you've worked for PMP, as rules for 'Mass Termination' apply.

The process of filing this claim may take you up to half an hour.

There is no guarantee that there will be any money coming out of this, but some chance exists.

And be prepared to wait for 6 months or more, until this claim gets to the attention of Government authorities.

Good Luck!

Apply for Unemployment NOW !!!

The conclusion from information session held by government representatives yesterday was that there is no reason to wait with application for Employment Insurance Benefits (i.e. Unemployment). Application should be filed on-line and as soon as possible regardless of weather or not you have already received your Record of Employment or weather or not there will be any severance pay issued to you in the future.
And if you haven't received your Record of Employment yet, you may want to check your mailbox again, they've been mailed out!

Career Change

If you have energy and interest in changing your career you may want to explore this Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities web-site offering information on Career Change.

Local Newspapers on PMP closure and demonstrations

Vaughan Perspectives dedicated almost one full page in its current issue discussing the events after over 2,000 PMP employees who "...had no idea the company was going out of business" were sent home without a single day of notice nor any compensation.

Employment Opportunities

AGS Autmotive, 675 Progress Ave, Scarborough, ON
Vacant Positions: Program Manager, Corporate Cost Estimating Manager, CMM Applications Engineer, Electrical Technician, Controls Automation Engineer, Senior accounts Receivable Analyst, Accounts Payable Associate, Analyst Business Systems, Financial Analyst
Contact: Dave McCulloch, Corporate HR Manager, (416) 438-6650 x2615, davem@agsautomotive.com

Rubbermaid, 25 Stanfield Rd, Mississauga
Vacant Positions: Injection Mould Set-UP Technician, Industrial Millwrights/Mechanics
Contact: Gillian Douglas, fax (905) 279-2993, gillian.douglas@rubbermaid.com

Capital Tool & Design, 270 Spinnaker Way, Concord
Vacant Positions: Press Operators (day and afternoon shift)
Contact: Joy Sanftenberg (905) 760-8088 x4098, joy.sanftenberg@ctdonline.com

Motivated Staffing Inc.
Vacant Positions: Mold Service Technician
Contact: Dave Gough, (905) 951-6300, daveg@motivatedstaffing.com

Mother Parkers Tea and Coffee, located in Mississauga and Ajax
Vacant Positions: Production Supervisor, Quality Lab Technician, Maintenance Mechanics and Electircinas, Forklift (Raymond Reach) operators, Various other positions
Contact: Kim Thompson, Manager HR, (905) 683-5080 x243, kthompson@mother-parkers.com

Ministry of Training Session for exPMP employees

Three session are offered where you can find out more about unemployment benefits, job search and other services available :

Riviera Parque Dining Banquet and Convention Centre
2800 Highway 7 West (Jane and Hwy 7)
Thursday, July 17th from 9am - noon
Tuesday, July 22 from 1pm - 4pm

La Primavera Hospitality and Convention Centre,
77 Woodstream Blvd, Woodbridge (Hwy7 & Martin Grove Rd)

Tuesday, July 29 from 9am - noon

"Wage Protection Program' terminated in late 1990's

According to a post published at Doorey's Workplace Law Blog in Ontario, the N.D.P. government of Bob Rae had a “Wage Protection Program” in which the government paid out outstanding employee entitlements up to a specified amount and did so quickly. Then the state would try to get some of the money back from the bankrupt. That system made good sense, but not to the Mike Harris government, who believed fundamentally that it was not the state’s job to protect workers. They terminated the plan in the late 1990s. '