Sentences with phrase «wage earner protection»

This measure is designed to enable 163 former employees of the call centre in Trois - Rivières, and 400 former employees of the call centre in Oshawa, to avail themselves of the federal Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP).

This Division also amends the Wage Earner Protection Program Act to transfer to the Canada Industrial Relations Board the powers, duties and functions of adjudicators under that Act and makes consequential amendments to other Acts.

This week, however, I experienced «proclamation by media release» regarding the coming into force of the Wage Earner Protection Act and subsequent amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act.

You may apply to the Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP) for unpaid wages, vacation pay, termination pay and severance pay owed to you during the six months before your employer declared bankruptcy or subject to a receivership.

The Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP) under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act provides guaranteed and timely payment of unpaid wages, vacation pay (on or after July 7, 2008), as well as unpaid severance and termination pay to eligible workers (on or after January 27, 2009) whose employers go bankrupt or are in receivership, up to an amount equalling four weeks maximum insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance (EI) Act (currently about $ 3,000).

In addition, many former IQT Ltd. employees applied for and received payments under the federal government's Wage Earner Protection Program Act.

In 2008, the Conservative government enacted the Wage Earners Protection Program, which granted super-priority status to current year normal pension contributions, joining other super-priority obligations including wages and commissions earned and not paid.

Not exact matches

In the case of employees, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act provides a measure of protection to wage earners.

Term Life is a great choice when considering mortgage protection, covering business loans, or protecting the primary wage earner.

Life insurance provides protection and financial resources for dependents if a wage earner dies, but there are other reasons to carry a policy.

Life insurance provides protection against the loss of income that results from the death of a wage earner.

Life insurance provides protection against the loss of income resulting from the death of a wage earner.

Wage earners or breadwinners should buy coverage for at least as long as it takes for them to reach retirement, allowing them to maximize their protection and avoid reapplying for a policy.

The main reason to carry life insurance is to provide protection of lost income if a wage earner dies.