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  2. Unemployment benefits - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by governmental bodies to unemployed people. Depending on the country and the status of the person, those sums may be small, covering only basic needs, or may compensate the lost time ...

  3. List of Canadian provinces by unemployment rate - Wikipedia

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    The lowest level of national unemployment came in 1947 with a 2.2% unemployment rate, a result of the smaller pool of available workers caused by casualties from the Second World War. The highest level of unemployment throughout Canada was set on December 1982, when the early 1980s recession resulted in 13.1% of the adult population being out ...

  4. Labour Market Impact Assessment - Wikipedia

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    A Labour Market Impact Assessment (French: étude d’impact sur le marché du travail, LMIA) is a document that an employer in Canada may need to receive prior to hiring a foreign worker. [ 1 ] The LMIA program has been noted to be used by fraudulent actors to sell jobs to temporary foreign workers , with them being sold a work permit in ...

  5. Unemployment in Ontario - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment in Ontario is the measure indicating the number of Ontarians "without work, are available for work, and are actively seeking work". [1] The rate of unemployment is measured by Statistics Canada using a Labour Force Survey. In September 2018 approximately 452,900 people were deemed unemployed in Ontario.

  6. Employment and Social Insurance Act - Wikipedia

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    The Employment and Social Insurance Act (French: Loi sur le placement et les assurances sociales) was a statute enacted by the Parliament of Canada in 1935 during the final months of the government of R.B. Bennett. The Act was intended to introduce a nationwide employment insurance scheme, and also to convince voters that Bennett was willing to ...

  7. Employment equity (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    Employment equity, as defined in federal Canadian law by the Employment Equity Act (French: Loi sur l’équité en matière d’emploi), requires federal jurisdiction employers to engage in proactive employment practices to increase the representation of four designated groups: women, people with disabilities, visible minorities, and Indigenous peoples. [1]

  8. Category:Unemployment in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment and Farm Relief Act. Unemployment in Ontario. Categories: Unemployment by country. Labour in Canada. Poverty in Canada. Employment in Canada. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.

  9. Social programs in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Social programs in Canada (French: programmes sociaux) include all Canadian government programs designed to give assistance to citizens outside of what the market provides. The Canadian social safety net includes a broad spectrum of programs, many of which are run by the provinces and territories. Canada also has a wide range of government ...