Posted: Friday, 23 January 2009

A presentation on Employment Insurance issues and the Program

Slide Samples

This presentation is in PDF format, some of the basics are covered such as;

Who Qualifies for EI?

• Unemployed and without pay for at least one week (severance postpones claim).
• Did not quit; was not fired.
• Paid premiums for required hours in qualifying period before claim (usually one year).
• Actively seeking work.

How Important a Program?

• In 2006-07 (Unemployment Rate 6.2%):
• 1,328,000 regular claims
• $8 billion in regular benefits

Note:% workers unemployed at some time in a year can be double % unemployed in an average month.

This presentation is only available in English.