Technical briefing and news conference on new supports for seasonal workers
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
Technical briefing and news conference on new supports for seasonal workers
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Minister Tassi visits Vancouver Island to highlight the Government of Canada’s commitment to seniors
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
On Monday, August 20, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Seniors, will visit organizations in Victoria and southeastern Vancouver Island that have benefitted from Government of Canada funding for seniors.
$812,000 to Carrefour jeunesse-emploi Drummond for Skills Link projects for young Canadians
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Building a strong middle class means giving Canada’s youth the tools they need to find and keep good jobs.
Minister Hajdu to visit Victoria, British Columbia
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, will be in Victoria on Monday, August 20. While visiting the Oaklands Community Centre, she will discuss how the Government of Canada is improving the Canada Child Benefit to better help middle-class families and those working hard to join the middle class. She will also visit Camosun College to meet with apprentices.
Minister Ng to visit Richmond, BC
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, will visit Sable Shortbread to make announcement on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour.
Backgrounder: How Working Affects Your Claim
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
If you work or receive earnings while receiving EI benefits and have served the waiting period, you can keep 50 cents of your EI benefits for every dollar you earn, up to 90 percent of the weekly insurable earnings used to calculate your EI benefit rate. The 90 percent amount is called the earnings threshold. Any money earned or received above this threshold is deducted dollar-for-dollar from your EI benefits.
Government of Canada announces greater flexibility to the EI system
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is committed to improving the Employment Insurance (EI) system so that it is able to help with the realities of the modern workforce. When hard-working middle class Canadians become sick or go on maternity leave, they often depend on EI for support. However, those that wished to manage their return to work have had limited flexibility to do so without jeopardizing their benefits.
Government of Canada creating a more inclusive Canada by helping to improve the access of people with disabilities to the workforce
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Ensuring people with disabilities have fair chance at obtaining gainful employment is a key part of the Government of Canada’s plan to create a more inclusive, accessible Canada. Today, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility, announced that organizations across Canada will receive financial support through the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities (OF).
Government of Canada to provide skills training and job opportunities for young Canadians in Quebec
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, will visit and tour the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi Drummond, where he will witness first-hand how the Government of Canada is helping youth find and keep good jobs.
Minister Tassi wraps up successful visit to Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick to highlight commitment to seniors
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Seniors are the backbone of our communities and play an important role in building a better society for future generations. That is why the Government of Canada remains committed to seniors across Canada so they can contribute to and share in the prosperity of the country.