C-423
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60-61 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-423
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (labour dispute)
first reading, May 16, 2012
Mr. Gravelle
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to change the way in which the qualifying period and the beginning of the benefit period are determined in the case of a stoppage of work attributable to a labour dispute.
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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60-61 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012
house of commons of canada
BILL C-423
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. Section 8 of the Employment Insurance Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1): 
Labour dispute
(1.1) In determining the qualifying period for the purposes of subsection (1), any days during which there was a stoppage of work attributable to a labour dispute shall not be included.
2. Section 10 of the Act is amended by adding the following after section (1):
Labour dispute
(1.1) For the purposes of subsection (1), in the case of a stoppage of work attributable to a labour dispute, the interruption of earnings is deemed to have occurred on the day of the complete severance of the insured person's relationship with their former employer if, between the stoppage of work and the day of the severance, no earnings were paid by the employer.
Coming Into Force
Coming into force
3. This Act is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2011.
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