Sentences with phrase «qualify employment insurance benefits»

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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.

Last year the federal government decided to try and level the playing - field by offering self - employed people the option of buying into the Employment Insurance program so they can qualify for mat leave benefits, along with a slew of others including parental, sickness and compassionate care benefits.

On January 1, 2017, the federal government reduced the qualifying period for employment insurance benefits.

You may not qualify for regular employment insurance benefits but may still be entitled to special benefits including sickness, pregnancy, parental and compassionate care benefits.

Unfortunately, we know that less than half of unemployed Canadians qualify for Employment Insurance benefits.