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| Name: | An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration) (S.C. 2013, c. 35). |
| Country: | Canada |
| Subject(s): | Unemployment benefit |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2013-06-26 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | CAN-2013-L-96448 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=96448&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line  Department of Justice, Canada PDF of Act (consulted on 2014-07-22) |
| Abstract/Citation: | This enactment amends the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act that allow for qualifying periods and benefit periods to be extended as the result of time spent by the claimant in a jail, penitentiary or other similar institution so that they apply only if the claimant is not found guilty of the offence for which he or she was being held or any other offence arising out of the same transaction. |
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