EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF RECENT CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND WAYS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Bryan May Chair JUNE 2016 42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION Reproduction of the pr [...] Also available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF RECENT CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND WAYS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Bryan May Chair JUNE 2016 42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION STANDING COMM [...] On 24 February 2016, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) adopted the following motion: That the Committee conduct, as its first priority, a study of the impact of recent reforms to the Employment Insurance Program and to Employment Insurance appeals; that the study include an examinati [...] Therefore, the Committee puts forward the following recommendation: RECOMMENDATION 2 The Committee recommends that the federal government take immediate action to eliminate the eligibility requirement of 910 hours of insurable employment for new entrants and re-entrants to the labour market. [...] In 2016, the maximum annual insurable amount is $50,800, which means a claimant could receive up to $537 a week.64 Prior to 2013, the weekly benefit rate was calculated by dividing total insurable earnings during the 26-week period preceding the establishment of the claim by the greater of the number of weeks of work in this period or by the “minimum divisor,” which varied between 14 and 22, depen
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