jan 1, 1971 - Unemployment Insurance Act (NEW)

Description:

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau passes a new Unemployment Insurance Act that covers 96% of wage/salary-earning workers. People need 8 weeks of work over past year to qualify, with a minimum of 20 hours per week. The maximum benefit duration is raised to 50 weeks, but calculated on a complicated formula based on labour force attachment, the national and regional unemployment rate. Benefits for illness, maternity, and retirement are added.

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1115 Tmeline of Social Work Practice & Social Welfare Policy

ByCorey Tataryn

25 Nov 2020

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Date:

jan 1, 1971

Now

~ 54 years ago