We are talking about giving them access to
the special employment insurance benefits that they have contributed to.
Hon. Claudette Tardif (Deputy Leader of the Opposition): Honourable senators, last week, the government announced the elimination of
special employment insurance benefits for migrant workers who are employed under the temporary foreign worker program.
We are talking about three types of
special employment insurance benefits for which these people paid premiums.
The reasons for your unemployment will not affect your eligibility to receive
special employment insurance benefits.
However, it will not affect your eligibility to apply for
special employment insurance benefits.
If your application for regular EI benefits is refused based on reasons relating to losing your job, you may still use your accumulated insurable hours to apply for
special employment insurance benefits including sickness, maternity, parental or compassionate care benefits.
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.
If your circumstances change during the regular EI benefit period which make you eligible for
special employment insurance benefits, you must notify Service Canada and apply for a transfer of benefits.
Your reason for unemployment will not affect your eligibility to apply for
special employment insurance benefits.
Not exact matches
A:
Employment insurance (EI) is a program administered by Service Canada that provides both regular and
special benefit payments.
Also, in light of
Employment Insurance changes to special EI benefits, provincial governments other than Alberta, may want to align their leave periods with the employment benefi
Employment Insurance changes to
special EI
benefits, provincial governments other than Alberta, may want to align their leave periods with the
employment benefi
employment benefits period.
A pregnant employee may be able to collect
Employment Insurance (EI) «
special benefits» while she is not working during maternity leave.
«The elimination of these
special benefits violates the nature of the
Employment Insurance act that was put into place to protect our families and our children from falling into poverty.»
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.
This entitlement corresponds to the federal
Employment Insurance Act
special benefits for parents of critically ill children, which can last up to thirty - five (35) weeks.
The Supreme Court of Canada eventually confirmed the federal government's right to provide maternity and parental
benefits to workers under the federal
Employment Insurance program, and overturned the 2004 ruling where in the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled that the federal government's
special EI
benefits program was unconstitutional.
If they are not entitled to
Employment Insurance benefits, they will not be entitled to
special EI
benefits to care for a critically ill child.
It provides an
Employment Insurance special benefit for parents of critically ill children and it makes amendments to the Canada Labour Code to provide unpaid leave guarantees for parents of missing or murdered children as the result of a suspected Criminal Code offence.