C-395
Third Session, Fortieth Parliament,
59 Elizabeth II, 2010
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-395
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (labour dispute)
Reprinted as amended by the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage and as reported to the House on May 6, 2010
Mr. André
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to change the way in which the qualifying period is calculated in the case of a stoppage of work attributable to a labour dispute.
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3rd Session, 40th Parliament,
59 Elizabeth II, 2010
house of commons of canada
BILL C-395
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (labour dispute)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1996, c. 23
Employment Insurance Act
1. (1) Subsection 8(2) of the Employment Insurance Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):
(e) unemployed because of a work stoppage attributable to a labour dispute at the factory, workshop or other premises at which the person was employed.
(2) The Act is amended by adding the following after subsection 8(7):
Labour dispute
(8) Despite subsection (7), the extension of a qualifying period may equal the duration of the period of unemployment due to a labour dispute at the factory, workshop or other location where the person was employed, provided that, for the purposes of determining the weekly rate of benefits, the qualifying period is established retrospectively to the fifty-two weeks preceding the beginning of the dispute.
Coming Into Force
Coming into force
2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2008.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons