While employment insurance and retraining may help those who have lost jobs, the government would be wiser to spend money to keep existing jobs, says a local businessman. "Put money into companies' and wage earners' hands," said Barry ...
... upgrading the country's employment insurance program to make it more useful. The government has faced continued complaints that current rules make it too difficult for laid-off workers to claim EI benefits, particularly in Ontario. ...
There was also a consensus that the feds should quickly inject money into the hands of consumers and businesses by strengthening Employment Insurance and other programs designed to act as a safety net during difficult times. ...
Another good thing would be if they would loosen up so many of the restrictions on Employment Insurance. There are people out there losing their jobs left right and center and are getting hit a double whammy by EI. ...
Did you apply for Employment Insurance? Did you cut your costs at home? Did you call your cable provider, phone provider, credit card company? Those are some of the items that you should do. What else? Any ideas? ...
Our federal government must do right by those who are most vulnerable. Specifically, the country’s Employment Insurance system should be radically improved so that it does what it ought to do: help workers maintain a decent standard of ...
As he notes, municipal reserves for Ontario Works have been spent down, while an already inadequate stock of social housing has been left to deteriorate. An inadequate employment insurance program, on the one hand, ...
It advocated skills training measures, eliminating of the two-week waiting period for employment insurance recipients, and measures to protect pensions and to lower withdrawal requirements from registered retirement income funds. ...
“Over the past 20 years, successive Conservative and Liberal governments have slowly dismantled our employment insurance system, reducing benefits and limiting coverage. This has had a disproportionate impact on Ontario workers,” said ...
The Neo-Conservative Steven Harper should allow easier excess to Unemployment Insurance. Folks are being layoff left and right and some folk do not get unemployment Insurance because the government has risen the bar to be eligible. ...
