If you are receiving several kinds
of employment insurance benefits in one claim, the duration of the benefit period depends on the order in which you are receiving the benefits.
That being said, maternity and
parental employment insurance benefits are one important measure that has already been introduced in order to reduce the financial penalty associated with having children.
Within program expenses, all major components were higher with the exception
of employment insurance benefits, which declined 5.1 per cent on a year - over-year basis.
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.
-- These proposed amendments align BC's parental leave benefits with the recent changes to the federal Employment Insurance Act which provide parents with up to 18 months of
federal employment insurance benefits.
you need to care for a child or a member of your immediate family (However, you can not
receive employment insurance benefits while taking care for your family member because you need to be able and willing to find work in order to be eligible for benefits).
In addition, the New Deomcratics do not include the various initiatives
affecting Employment Insurance Benefits as a Use of Funds and the freezing of Employment Insurance premium rates at $ 1.88 per $ 100 of insurable earnings rather than letting them fall to $ 1.49, as specified in the April 2015 Budget, as a Source of Funds.
Finally, we provide advice and representation the Social Security Tribunal to workers who were denied regular
Employment Insurance benefits following the employer's termination of their employment.
These declines in oil prices impacted directly on the budgetary balance through lower energy royalties and corporate income tax receipts, and indirectly through their impact on lower nominal income growth, other revenue sources and
on employment insurance benefits.
«John Horgan and the B.C. New Democrats demanded that the government do the right thing for families by putting an end to their cruel policy of taking away parental leave and
other Employment Insurance benefits from disabled British Columbians,» said Mungall.
However, budget commitments relating to health care, (specifically the election promise for funding for home care), and for
expanding employment insurance benefits and providing employment opportunities for young Canadians fall signicantly short of what was promised in the election..
The federal government's long - promised changes to parental leave rules will go into effect early next month, says Families Minister Jean - Yves Duclos, allowing eligible new parents to take up to 18 months of
employment insurance benefits after the birth of a child.
The overall labour picture is quite blunt: Women who do not have enough income to qualify for
enough employment insurance benefits to be able to live on them — and that is a huge proportion of women.
The family's combined income from all sources, about $ 5,350 a month after tax, contains Harry's soon to
expire employment insurance benefits of $ 2,172 a month before tax, Evelyn's $ 1,710 pre-tax pension, $ 875 monthly bridge pension before tax that expires at her age 65 when Canada Pension Plan benefits begin, and $ 930 monthly pre-tax income from her gift shop.
Federal EI maternity and parental benefits provide money for new parents
through employment insurance benefits, while Quebec runs its own Quebec Parental Insurance Program, which has not changed.
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.
In jurisdictions where parental leave can be shared between parents, employers should immediately review any top - up plans to ensure that there are no unexpected additional costs arising from an employee electing the
reduced employment insurance benefit.
However, if you are applying for special
employment insurance benefits such as sickness, pregnancy, parental or compassionate care benefits, the reason why you lost your job will not affect the calculation of cumulative hours or your eligibility for EI.
Integrity officers also interviewed workers claiming full
employment insurance benefits during the fishing season despite jobs being available in nearby fish and seafood processing plants.
For the federal government, the latter
includes employment insurance benefits, public debt charges and most major transfers to other levels of government (which are indexed to changes in gross domestic product).
Employment insurance benefits increased $ 1.2 billion, (6.7 %), primarily reflecting legislative changes, which came into effect in July 2016, and also to an increase in the number of people eligible for EI benefits.