Bill C-13
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3rd Session, 40th Parliament,
59 Elizabeth II, 2010
house of commons of canada
BILL C-13
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act
1996, c. 23
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Fairness for Military Families (Employment Insurance) Act.
2. (1) Section 10 of the Employment Insurance Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (12):
Extension of benefit period — Canadian Forces
(12.1) If, during the period referred to in subsection 23(2), the start date of a claimant’s period of parental leave is deferred or a claimant is directed to return to duty from parental leave, in accordance with regulations made under the National Defence Act, the benefit period is extended by the number of weeks during which the claimant’s parental leave is deferred or the claimant is directed to return to duty, as the case may be.
2003, c. 15, s. 16(2)
(2) The portion of subsection 10(15) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Maximum extension under subsections (13) to (13.3)
(15) Unless the benefit period is also extended under any of subsections (10) to (12.1),
2002, c. 9, s. 14
3. Subsection 23(3.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Extension of period — Canadian Forces
(3.01) If, during the period referred to in subsection (2), the start date of a claimant’s period of parental leave is deferred or a claimant is directed to return to duty from parental leave, in accordance with regulations made under the National Defence Act, the period is extended by the number of weeks during which the claimant’s parental leave is deferred or the claimant is directed to return to duty, as the case may be.
Limitation
(3.1) No extension under subsection (3) or (3.01) may result in the period being longer than 104 weeks.
Application
4. Sections 2 and 3 do not apply to a claimant for a benefit period that began before the day on which this Act comes into force.
Coming into force
5. This Act comes into force on the first Sunday after the day on which it receives royal assent.
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Explanatory Notes
Employment Insurance Act
Clause 2: (1) New.
(2) Relevant portion of subsection 10(15):
(15) Unless the benefit period is also extended under any of subsections (10) to (12),
Clause 3: Existing text of subsection 23(3.1):
(3.1) No extension under subsection (3) may result in the period being longer than 104 weeks.