Sentences with phrase «reduced employment insurance benefit»

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Structural changes to the employment insurance programs in the late 19980s and early 1990s reduced benefits and eliminated direct government financing of the program.

Over at Worthwhile Canadian Initiative, he has been leading a one - man crusade against reducing the eligibility requirement for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits to 360 hours.

In their 2015 election platform, the Trudeau Liberals identified a number of items related to Employment Insurance (EI) that they would change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»; reducing the waiting period for EI benefits; reducing EI premiums; introducing more flexible parental leave; providing better access to compassionate care; and increasing funding for employment and training programs managed by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market orgaEmployment Insurance (EI) that they would change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»; reducing the waiting period for EI benefits; reducing EI premiums; introducing more flexible parental leave; providing better access to compassionate care; and increasing funding for employment and training programs managed by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market orgaemployment and training programs managed by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market organizations.

Liberals: Cut the middle income tax bracket from 22 % to 20.5 % for Canadians earning between $ 44,700 and $ 89,401 a year, amounting to savings of $ 670 a year (or $ 1,340 for a two - income household); create a new tax bracket of 33 % for those earning $ 200,000 a year or more; reduce Employment Insurance (EI) premiums to $ 1.65 per $ 100; have the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) contact people who have tax benefits but aren't collecting them; cancel income splitting for families but keep it for seniors.

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

Effective January 1, 2017, changes are coming to the Employment Insurance («EI») scheme that will reduce the waiting period for EI benefits from two weeks to one week.

Any money from the hardship fund, however, must be claimed as income, which means any employment insurance benefits former Sears employees are getting are reduced.

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.