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shared by Employment Group on 16 May 12 - No Cached
    • Employment Group
      Employment Group on 16 May 12
       
      changes to current legislature: -old age security eligibility (65 to 67) -changes in definition of "job search efforts" -changes in requirement to sometimes "settle" for a lower pay -political debate over equity of clauses
  • Nash said unemployed workers shouldn't be forced to abandon their skill sets to take a job they are overqualified for
  • criticize Finance Minister Jim Flaherty for his comments Monday when he suggested the unemployed should be prepared to take any job available.
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  • Canadians won't be forced to take jobs outside their skill areas.
  • hundreds of people are unemployed yet employers can't get people to take the jobs they have to offer and are bringing in temporary foreign workers as a result.
  • Bill C-38 proposes giving cabinet the power to decide criteria for defining what constitutes suitable employment and what constitutes reasonable efforts to find a job
  • government is making changes to address Canada's "unprecedented" skills and labour shortage.
  • federal government is trying to toughen up employment insurance rules so there are fewer disincentives to unemployed people taking jobs
  • Structures within the system make EI "attractive"
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