Source: The Canadian PressThe federal government is scaling back a planned hike to Employment Insurance premiums and limiting future increases.The move follows warnings from business groups that the original boost would have cost thousands of jobs and hurt the fragile economic recovery.Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced Thursday that the government will hike premiums by five […]
Claims continue to trend down, retreating by 0.2% to 227,800
Initial claims down slightly
Fourth straight monthly decline
The Canadian PressStatistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits in October edged down 0.5% to 809,600.That was still 61.8%, or 309,300 more than drew benefits in October 2008.Over the year, the number of people drawing benefits rose in every province and territory.The largest increases were in Ontario, with 122,200 more […]
Largest declines in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta
Proposed legislation would provide up to 20 weeks in additional benefits for long-tenured workers
Number of beneficiaries up18.8% in second quarter
Ken Georgetti is calling for changes to the accessibility and eligibility rules surrounding employment insurance
Career Transition Assistance extends benefits so that long-tenured workers can receive longer-term training