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Federal Government May Be Preparing to Introduce Employment Insurance Reforms

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Heenan Blaikie
The Canadian Press and CBC News are reporting that the federal government is preparing to introduce changes to the employment insurance regime as early as next week.  Although the changes have not yet been announced, according to CBC News the reforms may:

  • extend benefits to laid-off workers with a long tenure who have not previously collected benefits; and
  • extend maternity and parental benefits to the self-employed. 
We will continue to update our readers as this story develops.  
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