Report on the Comprehensive Review of Unemployment Insurance Regions, 1989
Report on the Comprehensive Review of Unemployment Insurance Regions, 1989

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Published: 1989

Total Pages: 24

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This paper reports the results of the comprehensive review of the economic regions used in the administration of the unemployment insurance program and outlines background information of the considerations that led to a reconfiguration of the current set of unemployment insurance economic regions.

State, Class, and Bureaucracy
State, Class, and Bureaucracy

Author: Leslie A. Pal

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1988-02-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0773561471

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In reviewing the history of Canadian UI, Pal shows that while capital and labour had substantial disagreements over policy, their representations to state officials rarely had any decisive impact on policy development. The author suggests that bureaucratic forces, including organizational ideology and inter-agency conflict, provide a much richer basis for understanding UI policy evolution. The actuarial ideology of the Commission explains the conservative dynamic in UI development, while bureaucratic rivalry, which culminated in victory by the Department of Labour, explains the expansionary thrust, particularly the addition of social welfare aspects. In his discussion of federalism Pal shows that intergovernmental bargaining has had a surprising effect: by the mid-1970s representations from the provinces counted for as much as, if not more than, those from employers and employees. Analysis of UI thus favours state-centred explanations over society-centred ones and suggests that we have overestimated the degree to which government simply responds to external pressures in making policy. Autonomous and distinct forces within the state also greatly effect policy evolution.

Employment Insurance in Canada [electronic Resource] : Recent Trends and Policy Changes
Employment Insurance in Canada [electronic Resource] : Recent Trends and Policy Changes

Author: Lin, Zhengxi

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Published: 1998

Total Pages: 17

ISBN-13: 9780660176062

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This paper highlights recent trends in employment insurance (formerly unemployment insurance). It also provides a review of the historic evolution of the employment insurance program. The following summarizes the main results. 1. The EI system has turned from large deficits prior to 1993, to nearly balancing the books in that year, and further to substantial surpluses ever since. This is attributable to many factors. Premium contributions collected from employees and employers have been stable at a historically high level since 1994 largely thanks to the recovery of the economy. On the other hand, benefit payouts have steadily declined since 1993 mainly due to a falling number of beneficiaries since 1993, benefit rate reduction from 60% to 57% in 1993 and further to 55% in 1994 except for low income claimants with dependents (back up 60%). 2. The declining number of beneficiaries is in turn attributable to many factors. Unemployment as well as the unemployment rate has been falling since 1993 (there was a slight increase in 1996). Characteristics of the unemployed may have changed. There has also been a series of significant changes in policy parameters regarding benefit eligibility since 1990. 3. Over the course of its nearly sixty years of existence, the EI system has undergone numerous changes. Most significantly, the 1971 UI Act which widely liberalized the pre-1971 system; a series of subsequent fine-tuning and tightening-up; and the abolishment of minimum hours/earnings coverage requirements (all employees are now covered), as well as the name change to "employment insurance" from "unemployment insurance".