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Canada – Employment Insurance – EI recipients participating in employability measures should be exempted from the application of the proposed provisions on convenient job
Canada – Employment Insurance – EI recipients participating in employability measures should be exempted from the application of the proposed provisions on convenient job
Canada – Employment Insurance (EI) virtually unchanged and claims down
The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits totalled 512,600 in May, virtually unchanged from April. This followed three months of consecutive declines. The number of beneficiaries decreased slightly in Alberta, while it edged up in New Brunswick. Chart 1 Employment Insurance beneficiaries unchanged in May Chart 2 Number of claims down in May via The Daily — Employment … Continue reading
Canada – Employment Insurance, April 2012 – Down 28,600 (-5.3%) to 513,700
The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits decreased for the third consecutive month in April, down 28,600 (-5.3%) to 513,700. The number of beneficiaries decreased in nine provinces, with the largest percentage declines occurring in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Source: The Daily — Employment Insurance, April 2012.
In The News | The Job Stall on the Verge of Another Recession, Germany’s skilled worker shortage, Layoffs, Greece and More
Joblessness Rises: Are We on the Verge of Another Recession? | Economy alternet.org – The White House must be telling itself there are still five months between now and Election Day, so the jobs picture could brighten. After all, we went through a similar mid-year slump in 2011 but… JobMarketMon Why the U.S. economy is … Continue reading
In The News | World growth and U.S. employment,India, layoffs at BAE, GM and Hewlett Packard, IT Hiring, Employment Insurance in East Canada, Zambia and More
World growth at risk as U.S. employment stumbles ottawacitizen.com – WASHINGTON/LONDON – The world’s economic outlook darkened on Friday as reports showed U.S. employment growth slowing sharply, Chinese factory output barely growing and European manufacturing fallin… JobMarketMon BAE Systems to axe 600 jobs | Business guardian.co.uk – BAE Systems has announced plans to close an historic factory … Continue reading
Canada | Fed Budget, Mammoth Bill and EI system
The Conservative government says Canadians receiving an income under the Employment Insurance program will be required to lower their standards when looking for work or risk losing their benefits. It’s a small step, but it should be the start of a major overhaul of a system that often seems to reward seasonal workers in regions … Continue reading
Ontario | Job training excludes half of unemployed
Making employment supports available to all job-seekers would level the playing field and help the province’s neediest escape poverty, says Ontario’s social services review commission, headed by Frances Lankin and Munir Sheikh. The commission’s final report, to be released in June, will also include recommendations on how to improve the administration of the province’s two … Continue reading
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