The Saskatchewan government says more workers at integrated health care facilities are now eligible for the Saskatchewan Temporary Wage Supplement Program.

The program has been expanded to include all workers, regardless of income level at health care facilities that provide both short-term and long term health care.

A new application form is being developed so those workers can access the program and applications will be accepted until September 1st. Previously only workers at these facilities who had a gross salary from all source os less than $2,500 a month and earned lest than $24.00/hr.

For each eligible worker, the temporary wage supplement is $400 for each four week period up to 16 weeks encompassing March 15th to July 4th.

The wage supplement will be provided to full-time, part-time and casual workers, and includes anyone employed by an eligible facility, but does not include third-party contract service providers working at those facilities.

In addition to integrated healthcare facilities, eligible facilities include:

Personal care homes licensed pursuant to The Personal Care Home Act
Special care homes designated pursuant to The Provincial Health Authority Act
Approved private service homes defined in The Residential Services Act
Licensed or unlicensed family child care homes as defined in The Child Care Act
Unlicensed private assisted living facilities, where residents are provided with direct assistance or supervision of daily living activities
Community-based group homes
Licensed childcare facilities
Emergency shelters
Transition shelters – short stay/emergency, transition housing
Integrated healthcare facilities; and
Home care workers providing care to seniors in their own homes.