Bill C-234 explained in plain English
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (length of benefit period)
Federal Parliament bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Source: By PoliticalData.ca
Bill C-234, if passed, would amend the Employment Insurance Act to change the calculation of insurable employment weeks by counting any week with at least 15 hours of work and by using a ratio of 30 total hours worked to one insurable week.
Bill C-234 proposes to change how weeks of insurable employment are calculated for Employment Insurance (EI) benefit periods. It suggests that a week where at least 15 hours of work are performed counts as a full week of insurable employment. Additionally, it proposes that every 30 hours of total work completed count as one week of insurable employment, ensuring that the calculated number of insurable weeks is not less than this total hours divided by 30. The maximum benefit period would remain at 52 weeks.
- Changes the calculation for determining weeks of insurable employment for employment insurance benefits.
- Specifies that a week with at least 15 hours of work counts as one week of insurable employment.
- Specifies that the total hours worked, divided by 30, determines a minimum number of weeks of insurable employment.
- Maintains the maximum benefit period at 52 weeks.
- Individuals applying for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits.
- The administration of the Employment Insurance program.
- Changes to how an individual's insurable employment is counted to determine EI benefit duration.
- The bill text does not specify when these changes would come into effect.
- The bill text does not detail how the 'total number of hours worked' will be aggregated or tracked.
- The bill text does not provide information on any potential impact on the calculation of EI premiums or benefits amounts, only on the duration of the benefit period.
Changes the rules for calculating the number of weeks of insurable employment that determine the length of an employment insurance benefit period.
Source: Section 1
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Official textParliamentary Process
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We don't have a plain-language summary for Second reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Third reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
Bill C-234, concerning amendments to the Employment Insurance Act regarding benefit period length, completed its first reading in the House of Commons on November 26, 2008, and is currently outside the Order of Precedence.
This record shows that Bill C-234, an Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (length of benefit period), had its first reading in the House of Commons on November 26, 2008. This is the initial stage where a bill is formally introduced. The bill's current status is listed as 'Outside the Order of Precedence', meaning it has not yet been scheduled for debate or further progression. The record also notes that similar bills with the same purpose were introduced in previous Parliaments.
This House of Commons Hansard record documents the introduction and first reading debate of Bill C-234, an Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act, alongside other parliamentary business on November 26, 2008.
This record details the first reading debate for Bill C-234, an Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act concerning the length of benefit periods. The sitting included various statements by members, oral questions on topics like the economy, environment, and automotive industry, and routine proceedings. Notably, during routine proceedings, several bills were introduced and read for the first time, including Bill C-234, introduced by Mr. Yvon Godin (NDP). The debates also covered other matters such as national defence, infrastructure, justice, and finance. The artifact is a record of a House of Commons sitting on November 26, 2008.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Second reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Consideration in committee yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Report stage yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Third reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
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