Back to Work: Employer Resources

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Back to Work: Employer Resources

The State of Michigan offers programs aimed at helping employers fill job openings and provide safe, healthy work environments for employees. Read on for solutions to help you with your business. Also check out the Support for Small Business website.

Request Employer Resources and Services

Immediate Workforce Solutions

MI Tri-Share Childcare Program

Makes childcare more affordable through innovative, bipartisan cost-sharing that divides cost equally between employees, you and the State of Michigan.

MI Tri-Share Childcare Program
Michigan Works! Agencies

Provides you with resources and services to help you grow and address your specific talent needs. These agencies cover the entire state and their services are provided generally at no cost.

Michigan Works! Agencies
MIOSHA Workplace Safety

Helps you get people back to work by assisting in creating safe workplaces.

COVID-19 Workplace Safety
Pure Michigan Talent Connect

Allows you to post jobs and gain access to job seekers for free.
PMTC Tutorials
Pure Michigan Talent Connect
Unemployment

Unemployment Insurance programs have provided a critical lifeline for 3.48 million Michiganders since March 2020. There are federal requirements that an individual receiving unemployment compensation be able to work and available for work.

Unemployment Insurance Agency
Virtual Job Fairs

Free events that safely connect you and job seekers in a virtual space. If you would like to learn more or see an upcoming calendar of Virtual Job Fairs, please click the button above.

Virtual Job Fairs
Work Share

Allows you to bring back or keep employees working with reduced hours.

Work Share program
Working with Returning Citizens

The Michigan Department of Corrections offers services and resources to support employers currently working, or looking to work, with returning citizens.

Working with Returning Citizens

Long-Term Workforce Solutions

In addition to tools to address your immediate hiring needs, we encourage employers to check out the following programs to assist with their talent and workforce needs.

Education from Real-Life Work Experiences

Addresses your workforce needs to increase competitiveness by giving individuals experiences in work environments that help them prepare for a given career field.

Michigan Learning and Education Advancement Program
Global Talent Solutions

Explore programs and services supported by the Office of Global Michigan that engage immigrant, refugee and international communities across the state.

Office of Global Michigan
Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Whether you're just getting started or expanding your existing business, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) can help. MEDC's regional Business Development Managers can provide or connect you to the information and resources you need to help grow and expand your business.

Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Registered Apprenticeship

Helps you create a talent pool that will contribute to your bottom line and meet your future workforce needs.

Registered Apprenticeships
Talent Acquisition Portal

Job posting system that helps you tap into the talent pool of individuals with disabilities.

Businesses
Training Scholarships

The Going PRO Talent Fund makes awards to you to assist in training, developing and retaining current and newly hired employees. Training must be short-term and fill a demonstrated talent need, as well as lead to a credential or skill that is transferable and recognized by industry.

Going PRO Talent Fund
Vocational Rehabilitation

Dedicated staff from the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP) and Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS) will work with the business to provide recruitment from our respective talent pools including direct hiring, internships, on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities with ongoing supports to HR, management and executive leadership.

Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Talent Development, Retention and Growth

We also provide a variety of services that are custom tailored to your specific talent and business needs. Just fill out our Employer Resources Request form to get started.

If you want to start a new business check out the Support for Small Business website.

If you are a job seeker, there are a variety of resources and services available for you - including resume writing assistance, interview preparation and much more. Visit our Return to Work Playbook to get started.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Reasonable Accommodation Consultation

Customized report to assist in meeting the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) obligations, as well as identifying accessibility and/or reasonable accommodations for a specific employee.

Assistive Technology

Any item or piece of equipment that is used to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities in all aspects of life, including at school, at work, at home and in the community.

Universal Design & Ergonomic Consultation

The design of buildings, products or environments to make them accessible to all people, regardless of age, disability or other factors. This includes applying ergonomic best practices and the use of good body mechanics.

Disability Awareness Training

Training to identify and challenge attitudes towards employees with disabilities.

Supportive Service for Targeted Populations

Targeted populations include individuals with barriers to employment, such as veterans, ex-offenders, people with disabilities, low-income individuals, and opportunity Resources for veterans, ex-offenders, persons with disabilities and. low-income individuals. Resources could include transportation, childcare, housing support, financial literacy training and more.

Ergonomics/Universal Design Training

Providing you with knowledge of ergonomic best practices and the use of good body mechanics.
Employee Retention and Advancement

On-the-Job Supports & Training

Conduct on-the-job assessments of an individuals' potential to perform specific aspects of the job and provide one-on-one training to ensure the employee is fully adapted to their job.

Externships

Experiential learning opportunities, similar to internships but generally shorter, provided by partnerships between educational/training institutions and employers to give students and individuals practical experiences.

Internships

Professional learning experience that offers meaningful, practical work related to an individual's field of study, training or career interest.

Postsecondary Education

Information about helping your employees continue education after high school, such as at two-year or four-year colleges or universities, technical schools or through registered apprenticeships.

Workplace Literacy
Job seekers need certain skills to be successful in the workplace, including strong communication skills, interpersonal skills, reading, writing, problem solving, critical thinking, math and computer proficiency. We can help you access resources, trainings and other services to address.
Operations Support

Financial Incentives

Tax breaks available for hiring persons with disabilities and for making improvements to facilities making them accessible to persons with disabilities.

Start-Up Support

If you are an individual with a disability with an employment barrier who has the strong desire, skills and drive to run a successful business, you may be interested in the self-employment track.

Injury Prevention & Wellness Programming

Assists you with ergonomics, body mechanics and risk/injury reduction by providing customized training and consultation.

Resources for Career Pathways

Your positions should have pathways that are connected to post-secondary opportunities. We can help you learn more about educational opportunities for your employees beyond high school, such as two-year or four-year colleges or universities, technical schools or registered apprenticeships.