Workers affected by the massive fire that destroyed the fish plant in O'Donnell's, St. Mary's Bay, last week will receive help to qualify for Employment Assistance, says the provincial fisheries minister.
"We as a government will be there to assist, to ensure that this year they get those hours and they successfully complete their requirements for Employment Insurance eligibility," Gerry Byrne told CBC Radio's The Broadcast on Monday.
About 80 people have been put out of work by the plant fire, and Byrne said some of those people had just 10 to 40 more hours of work to get to qualify for employment insurance.
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