Quebec releases $ 825,000 for the psychological health of self-employed workers and microenterprises in Montérégie

The Government of Quebec has announced an investment of $ 826,500 in Montérégie to fund 11 psychological health support programs for self-employed workers and microenterprises with fewer than five employees.

Over 200 participants will benefit from individual or group online meetings. Personalized support will also be offered to them by experts, to help them bounce back professionally in the face of the new reality linked to the health crisis, to equip them and to break their isolation. Participants will thus be able to exchange views with their peers, but also to develop new skills to establish the actions to be taken in order to project themselves towards better-being at work.

The 11 projects will be set up with the collaboration of the Services Québec offices in Beloeil, Brossard, Cowansville, Granby, Saint-Constant, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Sorel-Tracy and Vaudreuil-Dorion. They are possible thanks to the involvement and expertise of the following partners and suppliers: Alternative RH, the Canadian Mental Health Association, Granby and region industrial development, Enjeux Carrière, Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska, Humance Bromont, Iceberg Management , Soluflex, Zel, consultants Sonia Duquette and Janic Asselin and consultant trainer Vincent Cousin.

Québec’s financial assistance is granted within the framework of the Concertation pouremploi measure, which aims to encourage businesses and organizations concerned by human resources management issues to favor concerted action in order to find lasting solutions.

“Self-employed workers, closely involved in all actions affecting their business, bear a great responsibility that can increase their stress and anxiety. By funding assistance and support programs for self-employed workers and microenterprises in Montérégie, your government is taking concrete steps to promote the prevention and maintenance of good psychological health among entrepreneurs in the region, whose success is intimately linked. linked to the economic development of Quebec, ”praised Jean Boulet, Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Solidarity.

More than 52,000 self-employed workers

In 2019, the Montérégie region accounted for 18.3% of self-employed workers in all of Quebec, according to data from the Institut de la statistique du Québec. There were 52,755 self-employed workers in Montérégie, which represented one self-employed worker for every 11.6 employees. (H.G.)

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