Bill C-500
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1st Session, 36th Parliament, 46-47-48 Elizabeth II, 1997-98-99
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-500 |
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An Act to amend the Employment Insurance
Act (waiting period)
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| 1996, c. 23;
1997, c. 26;
1998, c. 19
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1. (1) The definition of ``waiting period''
in subsection 6(1) of the Employment
Insurance Act is repealed.
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(2) The definition of ``disentitled'' in
subsection 6(1) of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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| ``disen- titled'' « inadmis- sible »
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``disentitled'' means not entitled under
sections 18, 21, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 49 or 50
or under the regulations.
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2. Section 13 of the Act is repealed.
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3. (1) Subsection 19(1) of the Act is
repealed.
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(2) Subsection 19(2) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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| Earnings in
periods of
unemploy- ment
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(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
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4. (1) Subsection 20(1) of the Act is
repealed.
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(2) Subsection 20(2) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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| Deduction for
excluded days
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(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.
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5. Subsection 22(4) of the Act is repealed.
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6. Paragraph 24(1)(h) of the Act is
repealed.
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7. Subsection 28(2) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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| When
disqualifi- cation is to be served
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(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.
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8. Subsection 30(2) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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| Length of
disqual- ification
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(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.
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9. Paragraph 54(a) of the Act is repealed.
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