C-281
Second Session, Fortieth Parliament,
57 Elizabeth II, 2009
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-281
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase)
first reading, February 2, 2009
Mrs. Hughes
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to increase the benefit period for claimants 45 years of age or over who are laid off permanently after 10 years or more in the labour force.
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2nd Session, 40th Parliament,
57 Elizabeth II, 2009
house of commons of canada
BILL C-281
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase)
1996, c. 23
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Subsection 10(2) of the Employment Insurance Act is replaced by the following:
Length of benefit period
(2) The length of a benefit period is 52 weeks, except as otherwise provided in subsections (2.1) and (10) to (15) and section 24.
Permanent layoffs
(2.1) The period of 52 weeks established by subsection (2) shall be increased, on one occasion only, by 2 weeks for every year that a claimant has been in the labour force, up to a maximum of 13 years, where the claimant
(a) becomes unemployed as a result of a permanent layoff by an employer;
(b) has been in the labour force for at least 10 years; and
(c) is 45 years of age or more.
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