Employment Insurance Changes - The Extended Duration of EI Regular Benefits (HTML) Answers questions regarding the extended duration of EI regular benefits after
the Extended Employment Insurance Benefits Pilot (Pilot Project 10) ceased to exist as of February of 2009.
«More people... will be getting additional help from the federal government as we add them to the list of areas where residents will have access to
extended employment insurance benefits,» Trudeau announced Friday in Edmonton.
The Institute proposes a number of future priorities, such as moving to comprehensive corporate group taxation, expanding the basic personal amount to all individual investors, more comprehensive treatment of returning travelers, elimination of withholding taxes on Canada - US cross-border dividend payments, extending the dividend tax credit, and eliminating regionally
extended employment insurance benefits.
EDMONTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is
extending employment insurance benefits to three western economic regions that were left out when changes were first made.
Not exact matches
And we will
extend the Working While on Claim
Employment Insurance pilot project, which gives unemployed Canadians the ability to accept some work — work that could lead to learning new skills or even full - time employment — while protecting their EI
Employment Insurance pilot project, which gives unemployed Canadians the ability to accept some work — work that could lead to learning new skills or even full - time
employment — while protecting their EI
employment — while protecting their EI
benefits.
However, the government won't increase the actual value of
employment insurance benefits for anyone who takes the
extended parental leave: instead, the Liberals are sticking with their 2015 election promise to spread 12 months» worth of
benefits over 18 months.
This is why we are
extending the
Employment Insurance Compassionate Care
Benefits period from the current six weeks to six months.
Further, while the proposed changes to the
Employment Insurance Act will
extend benefit entitlement and allow mothers to begin their EI maternity
benefit earlier, the changes will not necessarily alter the legislated length of pregnancy / parental leave for all employees.
The statutory leave amendments allow Manitobans to take advantage of recent changes to
employment insurance benefits (
extended parental EI
benefits and family caregiver EI
benefits) available under federal legislation.
It is important to note that just because
employment insurance benefits can be
extended for up to 18 months does not actually mean that an employee is entitled to 18 months of statutory job - protected leave.
The budget not only included an increase in
employment insurance premiums (increasing by $ 0.05 to $ 1.68 per every $ 100 of insurable earnings), but also included a proposal to allow parents to
extend receipt of parental leave
benefits for up to 18 months by spreading out the
benefits they previously would have received during a 12 - month leave over an 18 - month period.
The
extended option will be available to new EI claimants who apply for
employment insurance parental
benefits once the measure is in place.
Extending the period of leave to 27 weeks, from the current 8 weeks, to better align with federal
Employment Insurance (EI)
benefits.
Extending the period of maternity leave from 15 to 16 weeks to account for the one - week waiting time for federal
Employment Insurance (EI)
benefits.