Bill C-395

3rd Session, 40th Parliament,

59 Elizabeth II, 2010

house of commons of canada

BILL C-395

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (labour dispute)

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

Employment Insurance Act

1. (1) Subsection 8(2) of the Employment Insurance Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):

(e) unemployed because of a work stoppage attributable to a labour dispute at the factory, workshop or other premises at which the person was employed.

(2) The Act is amended by adding the following after subsection 8(7):

(8) Despite subsection (7), the extension of a qualifying period may equal the duration of the period of unemployment due to a labour dispute at the factory, workshop or other location where the person was employed, provided that, for the purposes of determining the weekly rate of benefits, the qualifying period is established retrospectively to the fifty-two weeks preceding the beginning of the dispute.

Coming Into Force

2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2008.