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Bill C-272

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2nd Session, 36th Parliament,
48 Elizabeth II, 1999

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-272

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (waiting period)

1996, c. 23; 1997, c. 26; 1998, cc. 19, 21; 1999, c. 17

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. (1) The definition of ``waiting period'' in subsection 6(1) of the Employment Insurance Act is repealed.

(2) The definition of ``disentitled'' in subsection 6(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

``disen-
titled''
« inadmis-
sible
»

``disentitled'' means not entitled under sections 18, 21, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 49 or 50 or under the regulations.

2. Section 13 of the Act is repealed.

3. (1) Subsection 19(1) of the Act is repealed.

(2) Subsection 19(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Earnings in periods of unemploy-
ment

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), if the claimant has earnings during one week of unemployment, there shall be deducted from benefits payable in that week the amount, if any, of the earnings that exceeds

    (a) $50, if the claimant's rate of weekly benefits is less than $200; or

    (b) 25% of the claimant's rate of weekly benefits, if that rate is $200 or more.

4. (1) Subsection 20(1) of the Act is repealed.

(2) Subsection 20(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Deduction for excluded days

(2) If a claimant is disentitled from receiving benefits for a working day in a week of unemployment, an amount equal to 1/5 of their weekly rate of benefits for each such working day shall be deducted from the benefits payable for that week.

5. Subsection 22(4) of the Act is repealed.

6. Paragraph 24(1)(h) of the Act is repealed.

7. Subsection 28(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

When disqualifi-
cation is to be served

(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (5), the weeks of disqualification are to be served during the weeks for which benefits would otherwise be payable if the disqualification had not been imposed and, for greater certainty, the length of the disqualification is not affected by any subsequent loss of employment by the claimant during the benefit period.

8. Subsection 30(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Length of disqual-
ification

(2) The disqualification is for each week of the claimant's benefit period for which benefits would otherwise be payable if the disqualification had not been imposed and, for greater certainty, the length of the disqualification is not affected by any subsequent loss of employment by the claimant during the benefit period.

9. Paragraph 54(a) of the Act is repealed.