Employers
How we Can Help You
Simply call us and we’ll review your specific job requirements and work out the details with you, including necessary tools, location, timing, transportation, safety issues and payment details. We’ll match you with the right individual(s), for no fee.
You pay the worker(s) directly, at the end of the day or work week, with cash or cheque (or through a third-party payroll service which includes WSIB coverage at a nominal fee). We provide you with:
A pool of job-ready workers, matched to your needs
Quick dispatch with free TTC transportation to and from the worksite
Competitive hourly rates
Trained workers (occupational health and safety, workplace legislation and basic WHIMS)
No fees or restrictive conditions to hire a worker full-time
An opportunity to help someone less fortunate
Typical Jobs
Homeowners, tenants, businesses and non-profit organizations hire LabourLink workers for a large variety of tasks, including:
cleaning and maintenance
landscaping, yard work and snow removal
moving (including packing and unpacking)
construction & demolition
dry walling & painting
general labour and much more
Let us know what you need and we’ll connect you with someone with the right skill set.
Our Workers/Clients
We connect you with people who are:
Living below the poverty line and/or homeless
Highly motivated and want to put their hands to work, rather than ask for a handout
Job-ready, pre-screened and have successfully completed our workplace training program
Able to communicate verbally in English
As well, many are highly educated with plenty of solid work experience in a wide variety of fields.
How We Help Our Workers/Clients
Our objective is to assist homeless or marginalized men and women to find stable full-time employment. Over the past eight years, we have proven that transitional work is the critical first step for our clients to regain self-esteem and to develop (or redevelop) tangible skills, enabling them to become self-sufficient and reintegrated back into the community, thereby reducing or eliminating their reliance on government assistance. Our support system includes:
trained and compassionate employment facilitators who case-manage individuals on their “back-to-work” progress
an employment resource centre with computers, job board, workshops and employment information
complimentary transit tokens for travel to and from the worksites
personalized résumés, cover letters and job-search assistance
referrals to critical support services, including shelter, food, clothing, and other assistance programs
references for advanced training and skills enhancement
providing a mailing address and phone number for use on job applications
an outreach communications system that informs homeless and marginally-housed individuals about job opportunities
More About LabourLink
LabourLink is a program of Dixon Hall, and principally funded by the government (Employment Ontario transitioning from Service Canada). Since our inception in February of 1999, we have:
Provided hope and guidance to 3,000 individuals who are homeless or marginally housed
Connected 940 employers (businesses, residences and non-profit agencies) with the skills of our workers/clients
Placed our clients in approximately 150,000 hours of work
Matched our clients with approximately 300 full time jobs
Dixon Hall began in 1929 as a soup kitchen during the Great Depression. Our goal today is to help the residents of Downtown East Toronto, including the Regent Park area, and homeless men and women inhabiting the downtown core, make a better future for themselves. We stress a ‘hand up’ rather than a ‘hand-out’ approach. As a multi-purpose agency Dixon Hall operates shelters and drop-ins; seniors, children and youth programs; training, education and development; a music school; and a Mandarin outreach program.