Unemployment Insurance
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EI sickness benefits to be extended to 26 weeks as feds tease long-promised reformThe maximum length of unpaid medical leave available to federally regulated private-sector workers is also being extended to 27 weeks from 17.CanadaNov 25, 2022
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Advocates demand federal party leaders make unemployment insurance easier to accessA group representing workers is asking federal party leaders to launch a reform of unemployment insurance.EconomyAug 22, 2021
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No job and no more EI — but she can’t access the new COVID-19 benefitAn estimated 700,000 Canadians who were out of a job before COVIF-19 struck do not qualify for CERB, one analysis shows.MoneyApr 7, 2020
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Coronavirus: Unemployed workers lining up outside Service Canada locations in WinnipegLine-ups have been forming outside Service Canada locations around Winnipeg, as the COVID-19 global pandemic leaves many unemployed.EconomyMar 25, 2020
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Barack Obama proposes new US unemployment insurance planPresident Barack Obama on Saturday proposed changes to the U.S. unemployment insurance system that he says would offer more security to the jobless and encourage experienced workers to rejoin the workforce, even if it means taking a pay cut.WorldJan 16, 2016
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