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Work Programs
- Application Details
- Fall/Winter
Work-Study - Summer
McWork
- International Student
Work - Employer
Information
Application Details
Work
programs provide part-time and full-time on-campus employment
opportunities for currently registered students who demonstrate
financial need.
WORK
PROGRAMS ...
- Provide a way to supplement your income while you are studying or during the summer
- Allow for flexible scheduling in order to make your academics your first priority
- Are located where you are - on campus, therefore; there are no additional work related costs in time or money
- Present you with the opportunity to build a relationship with your University
- Offer you the ability to develop work-related skills and habits
- Look great on your resume
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE ...
Job opportunities include (but are not limited to):- Research Assistant
- Daycare Assistant
- Library Support
- Website Assistant
- Administrative Assistant
- Media Library Clerk
- Personal Trainer/Fitness Leader
HOW TO APPLY ...
1. Find the application through MUGSI by clicking the 'Financial Aid & Scholarships' tab and then select 'Work Program Application Forms'. All application steps must be completed by midnight on the application deadline date.
If automatically approved, review approval form, accept and print. If not automatically approved, submit requested application and supplementary documentation to SFAS in Gilmour Hall, room 120 for processing.
2. Check MUGSI to monitor the status of your work program application.
3. Work program job opportunities are currently posted on 'OSCARplus' (Online Student Career And Recruitment) at Student Success Centre: Career and Employment.
* McMaster University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, members of sexual minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Fall/Winter Work-Study Program
The Fall/Winter Work-Study Program assists full or part-time students who demonstrate financial need to meet exceptional costs, often unexpected and not recognized under government student loan programs (e.g. OSAP). It also helps students who lack the resources expected under government student loan criteria or, whose assessed need is not met because of loan maximums or, who do not wish to borrow further due to a high debt load.
The Fall/Winter Work-Study Program provides part-time jobs during the fall/winter study period for current full or part-time undergraduates, graduate, MBA, School of Medicine, Mohawk-McMaster Collaborative Nursing, and students in a ‘continuing’ or ‘irregular’ status. The Fall/Winter Work-Study online application is available through MUGSI from August 1st to February 28th.
To be considered for the Fall/Winter Work-Study Program you must:
- be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or protected person who currently lives in Ontario and is fully-registered (including those in a ‘continuing’ or ‘irregular’ status) in an OSAP-eligible undergraduate, graduate, MBA, School of Medicine or Mohawk-McMaster Collaborative Nursing degree program.
- The applicant must have a processed OSAP (or out-of-province loan) application for the fall/winter session or otherwise demonstrate financial need (see chart below) if not OSAP eligible.
- Students who are eligible to apply for OSAP or out-of-province student aid should do so before July 15th to be prepared for work-study approval. An OSAP entitlement is required to automatically approve a work-study application.
| If your status during the fall/winter study period is… | You must include this supporting documentation with your application… |
| Married or living common-law |
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| Sole support parent |
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| Single student out of high school for 4 or more years |
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| Single student out of high school less than 4 years |
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Summer McWork Program
The Summer McWork Program provides full-time and part-time, on-campus summer jobs for current, eligible undergraduate, School of Medicine or Mohawk-McMaster Collaborative Nursing students who are returning to McMaster in the fall to continue in their program of study. The Summer McWork online application is available through MUGSI from March 1st to July 31st.
Summer McWork helps students who demonstrate financial need to meet education costs not recognized under regular federal and provincial student aid programs. It is intended to assist students who lack resources relative to their assessed need and/or who do not wish to borrow further due to a high debt load.
Funding for the Summer McWork Program is provided by McMaster University. The University has committed a portion of its operating revenues (including income from student tuition) toward the creation of meaningful employment opportunities for our students.
To be considered for the Summer McWork Program you must:
- Submit an online application through MUGSI
- In the most recent fall/winter session, have been fully-registered as a McMaster Undergraduate, School of Medicine, Physician Assistant or Mohawk-McMaster Collaborative Nursing degree student (not enrolled in a ‘continuing’ or ‘irregular’ or ‘occasional’ status)
- NOT be eligible to graduate at either the Spring or Fall Convocation of the current year
- Be returning to McMaster in the next fall term
- Have applied for OSAP or other federal and provincial student aid programs during the academic year or otherwise demonstrate financial need
International Student Work Program
The International Student Work Program is available throughout the year for current full-time undergraduate international students in an OSAP eligible degree progam who demonstrate financial need. Access to the work programs for international students is available to upper year students only (3rd year and up). Applications received from first and second year students will be not be considered.
Full-time employment is available during the summer months; part-time employment is available during the fall/winter study period.
To be considered for the fall/winter work-study program you must:
- Submit an online application through MUGSI
- Be an international student
- Consistently maintain at least 60% of a full course (40% for students with disabilities) load each term in level 3 or above of an OSAP-eligible undergraduate degree program during the work-study period at McMaster
- Demonstrate financial need by providing the required supporting documentation
Required Supporting Documentation
- Your current and previous month's bank statments
- Confirmation of your/your parents’* 2011 income (signed letter from employer, or income tax notice of assessment, or final 2011 pay stubs with year-to-date earnings (*or spouse income if married) written in English and converted to Canadian currency.
To be considered for summer work-study you must:
- Submit an online application through MUGSI
- Submit ALL required supporting documentation (see above)
- Be an international student
- Have been a full-time student (at least 60% of a full course/40% for students with disabilities) in the most recent fall/winter session in level 3 or above
- Not be eligible to graduate at the Spring convocation nor intend to graduate in the fall
- Be returning as a full-time undergraduate student to continue your program in the next fall term
Employer Information
Are you a potential employer?
Fall/Winter Work-Study, McWork and International Student Work Program funding is available to all departments and research areas, including ancillaries, with a University departmental or research account.
Invitations for employer work program proposals are sent out mid-June for the fall/winter session and
mid-January for the summer session
through various e-mail distribution lists. Ensure that your
e-mail address is added to one of these lists:
**g-admast@mcmaster.ca **g-chairs@mcmaster.ca **g-deans@mcmaster.ca
**g-mgmtgrp@mcmaster.ca
Proposals are reviewed by the Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships (SFAS) and decisions are forwarded via e-mail. All approved work program positions are advertised through Student Success Centre: Careers and Employment.
| Details | Fall/Winter Work-Study | Summer Work |
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| Remuneration | The employer must offer at least the current Ontario minimum wage ($10.25/hr as of March 31, 2010). McMaster employers are responsible for paying a portion of the student employee's wages. Remaining salary is made available through a subsidy. This is capped at $750 per term ($1,500/student - September to April). |
The employer must offer at least the current Ontario minimum wage. McMaster employers will receive $4/hr subsidy and must pay the difference in wages to the student. |
| Deadline for Work Program proposals |
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| Jobs Posted |
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| Employer Expenditure Report |
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Please keep the following in mind:
- The position descriptions used in work program proposals will be the position descriptions posted by Student Success Centre: Careers and Employment. Positions remain posted until employers notify SFAS that positions have been filled or the deadline selected by the employer has passed.
- Employers must ensure the student qualifies for work program funding (i.e. has an approved work program form) before hiring (unless you are prepared to continue the student's employment without work program support).
- Employers must complete the "Employment Authorization" section no later than one week after the student's start date and return to SFAS in GH-120.
- The employer
is required to see the student's Social Insurance Card within
three days of hiring.
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/about/reports/sin/cop/section3.shtml
- Union agreements
may not be contravened and regular employees may not be displaced
(i.e. the work program job must not be made possible solely
by reducing regular hours or periods of work by existing employees)
HINT: For summer work, to ensure the best available
pool of students, you should plan to interview
and make offers of employment before exams begin in April.
Many students will be anxious to know if they have summer employment
before they begin exams.
Employer Guidelines and Application:
Funding is allocated on a first-come basis.
Please review the online Employer Guidelines (pdf file) for application instructions, then click on the link below (or copy and paste into your browser) to open the application.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- SFAS co-ordinates the process of requesting, approving and advertising jobs for McMaster employers (via the Student Success Centre: Careers and Employment website). Our office also determines student eligibility via application forms, tracks student hires and makes work program funds available to employers for partial reimbursement of the students' wages.
- The Employer interviews and hires the student; informs SFAS of hires via the student's approved work program form; ensures the student
receives orientation, safety and job training; ensures the student
understands the terms of employment (pay rate, start and end
dates, performance expectations); ensures the student's pay
reflects the hours worked and enters the student on the MacVIP
System. The employer must also notify the SFAS if the student is terminated
or resigns their work program position.
If the student's completed work approval form (confirmation that the student has been hired), and/or, the end of cycle expenditure report is not submitted to the Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships by the deadlines shown above, the employer risks losing the work program subsidy. - The Student is expected to understand and meet the terms of employment; fulfill job requirements; inform the Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships of changes in work program status; report earnings on their OSAP application (if applicable) and maintain satisfactory academic standing.
McMaster's Work Programs are managed by Jill Davren. Employers are encouraged to contact Jill with any questions they may have about the programs.
More questions about work programs?