Tag: Employment Insurance

Canadian government enhances maternity leave benefits, proposes to strengthen harassment and violence prevention

By Clayton Jones Nov 26, 2017 Northern Exposure

Updated: Nov 26, 2017

by Clayton Jones On November 9, the federal government announced that changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) program relating to parental, maternity, and caregiving benefits will come into effect on December 3. The EI program provides temporary income support to partially replace lost employment income to individuals who are off work for various reasons. On […]

Getting a Dismissed Employee’s Last Meeting Right

By Northern Exposure Mar 11, 2008 Northern Exposure

Updated: Mar 11, 2008

By Donovan Plomp of McCarthy Tetrault and Karen Sargeant, formerly with McCarthy Tetrault Spring will soon be upon us, and with it may come the urge to do some “spring cleaning” in the home and the workplace. This might mean ending an employment relationship that isn’t working out. In Canada, which has no concept of […]