The Montana Department of Commerce has given 10 additional Montana businesses Workforce Recovery grants. | Pixabay
The Montana Department of Commerce has given 10 additional Montana businesses Workforce Recovery grants. | Pixabay
The Montana Department of Commerce has given 10 additional Montana businesses Workforce Recovery grants.
The grants will be utilized to rehire employees who were laid off due to the repercussions of COVID-19. The businesses will split $310,000 in an effort to promote rehiring 53 employees.
Business Assistance Bureau officials said companies can apply directly to get a part of the grant.
“Through the temporary Workforce Recovery program at commerce, Montana businesses that are ready to bring workers back can receive some additional support to sustain those jobs into the future,” said Wayne Johnston, Business Assistance Bureau Chief at commerce, in a press release. “Businesses can apply directly for these workforce recovery grant dollars to help refill jobs that were lost due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund Workforce Recovery program gives payments to businesses for the wages of full-time, permanent jobs that are created and are held for at least six months.
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