Training staff? The Building Up Manitoba Program could help!

The Building Up Manitoba Program (BUMP) is designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses build stronger workforces and provide Manitoba workers training to increase their skills and job readiness. 

The Program

BUMP is a 50% cost-shared program to help offset the cost of employee training, human resources strategy, or curriculum development. 

• Funding can be used to train current, laid off, or unemployed workers.
• Employers can receive up $10,000 per employee under the Employee Training Stream, and/or
• Up to $25,000 under the Human Resources Strategy Development Stream
• Maximum of $100,00 across both streams
• Funding agreements run for the fiscal year (April 1 to March 31) in which the business applies

Eligibility

• Be for-profit, including corporations, sole proprietorships, and partnerships
• Have fewer than 500 full-time equivalent employees (including businesses related by ownership)
• Be permanently established in Manitoba
• Have been fully operational for at least a year at the time of applying
• Intend to hire or continue to employ training recipients at the end of training

• Currently employed by the applying employer; or
• Laid off; or
• Unemployed (for more than one month); or
• Underemployed (employed part-time or in temporary, casual or seasonal employment); and
•  A Canadian citizen, permanent resident or protected person under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; and
• Currently reside in Manitoba

Program Streams:

• Result in a job for a laid off, unemployed, or underemployed person
• Result in a better job for the current employee
• Lead to increased job security for the current employee