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Pages tagged "employment insurance"


Employer paid sick days are needed now

Posted on News & Blogs by Brittany Andrew-Amofah · December 08, 2020 1:45 PM

The federal government’s Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) was always meant to be a temporary program to fill holes in workplace legislation. The time is right for implementing provincially-mandated, employer-paid sick days.

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Take Action on Income Supports

Posted on In the News by Broadbent Institute · March 16, 2020 12:16 PM

 

To slow the spread of COVID-19, our public health agencies are increasingly recommending social distancing and containment practices. These precautions are critical, and have implications for a growing number of workers, who may be forced out of a job due to workplace closures, shutdowns or layoffs. 

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Employment Insurance under the Trudeau Liberals

Posted on News & Blogs by Donna Wood · February 26, 2018 4:32 PM

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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 organizations.

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The case for progressive employment insurance reform

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · November 03, 2017 4:42 PM

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Employment Insurance or EI flies beneath the political radar much of the time, but remains an important and relevant part of the Canadian social safety net. Changes are needed to respond to new labour market realities, but the program should not, as some argue, be folded into a universal basic income.

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Employment insurance measures a must for fiscal stimulus

Posted on News & Blogs by Angella MacEwen · January 26, 2016 11:07 AM

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Low oil prices have taken their toll on an already weak Canadian economy, where household debt levels are at record highs and business investment continues to lag. The Bank of Canada held off on a further rate cut this week, opting instead to wait and see the size and structure of fiscal stimulus in the upcoming federal budget.

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Flaherty's EI surplus sleight-of-hand

Posted on News & Blogs by Angella MacEwen · December 08, 2013 1:35 PM

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The Parliamentary Budget Office has come out with a report suggesting that the Conservatives will likely balance the budget ahead of schedule. But, and it’s a big but, they also found there would be no balanced budget in 2016 if there were no Employment Insurance (EI) surplus. 

The Conservatives' use of the EI surplus to pay for a balanced budget deserves closer scrutiny.

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No shortage of workers – just a shortage of training

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · November 19, 2013 5:06 AM

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Two major recent studies – from Derek Burleton and his colleagues at Toronto-Dominion Bank, and from former senior federal government official Cliff Halliwell published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy – provide excellent overviews of recent developments in the Canadian job market, and an informed framework for thinking about our future skills needs.

This message seems to have finally got through to the Harper government. In a speech to the Vancouver Chamber of Commerce on November 14, Employment and Skills Development Minister Jason Kenney told employers to stop complaining and to stop relying excessively upon temporary workers. Instead, he said, employers should “put more skin in the game” by increasing wages in high-demand occupations and by investing more in the training of Canadians.

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Getting the facts straight: EI changes hurt unemployed workers

Posted on News & Blogs by Angella MacEwen · February 15, 2013 6:54 AM

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In the last federal budget (Chapter 3.3), the federal government tried to sell its changes to Employment Insurance by describing how some hypothetical workers would benefit.

Unfortunately, the scenarios they chose were so unrealistic that most workers wouldn't recognize them. 

Instead, let's see how the changes that have been made impact real-world working Canadians.

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