Bill C-281

1st Session, 39th Parliament,

55 Elizabeth II, 2006

house of commons of canada

BILL C-281

Convalescence Benefits Act (amendments to the Employment Insurance Act)

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

1. Paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Employment Insurance Act is replaced by the following:

(a) incapable of work because of a prescribed illness, convalescence, injury, quarantine or pregnancy;

2. Paragraph 10(10)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(c) in receipt of workers’ compensation payments for an illness, convalescence or injury;

3. Subsection 12(3) of the Act is amended by striking out the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after paragraph (c):

4. Paragraph 18(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(b) unable to work because of a prescribed illness, convalescence, injury or quarantine, and that the claimant would otherwise be available for work; or

5. Section 21 of the Act is replaced by the following:

21. (1) A minor attachment claimant who ceases work because of illness, convalescence, injury or quarantine is not entitled to receive benefits while unable to work for that reason.

(2) If benefits are payable to a claimant for unemployment caused by illness, convalescence, injury or quarantine and any allowances, money or other benefits are payable to the claimant for that illness, convalescence, injury or quarantine under a provincial law, the benefits payable to the claimant under this Act shall be reduced or eliminated as prescribed.

(3) If earnings are received by a claimant for a period in a week of unemployment during which the claimant is incapable of work because of illness, convalescence, injury or quarantine, subsection 19(2) does not apply and, subject to subsection 19(3), all those earnings shall be deducted from the benefits payable for that week.

6. Subparagraph 54(y)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(i) inability to work because of illness, convalescence, injury or quarantine, or

7. (1) Paragraph 69(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(a) the payment of any allowances, money or other benefits because of illness, convalescence, injury, quarantine, pregnancy, child care or compassionate care under a plan that covers insured persons employed by the employer, other than one established under provincial law, would have the effect of reducing the special benefits payable to the insured persons; and

(2) Subsection 69(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(2) The Commission shall, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations to provide a system for reducing the employer's and employee's premiums when the payment of any allowances, money or other benefits because of illness, convalescence, injury, quarantine, pregnancy, child care or compassionate care under a provincial law to insured persons would have the effect of reducing or eliminating the special benefits payable to those insured persons.