Evaluation of the extension of employment insurance regular benefits for long-tenured workers : Évaluation sommative de la Stratégie des partenariats de lutte contre l'itinérance : rapport final

Evaluation of the Extension of Employment Insurance Regular Benefits for Long-Tenured Workers ix The cost of the EEILTW (based on the number of weeks of the extension received by LTWs) was estimated to be $1.0B. [...] The definition of a LTW is the same as the one used for the Career Transition Assistance initiative (CTA) and is based on the number of years of contribution to the EI program and recent use of EI. [...] The findings and the lessons identified in the report provide valuable information regarding the relevance of the measure and its impacts on the labour market. [...] Evaluation of the Extension of Employment Insurance Regular Benefits for Long-Tenured Workers xiii Prior to the initiative, LTWs were found to have lower benefit use than other claimants The evaluation report mentions that the eligibility criteria for the extension was different than the criteria used to define long‑tenured workers in the academic literature, as. [...] The EEILTW measure also has to be considered within the context of the full scope of the Economic Action Plan (EAP) introduced by the Government of Canada to provide responsive and flexible assistance to workers affected by the recession.