Employment Insurance (or EI) is a mandatory deduction from your wages, each pay period. This is matched by your employer, every pay period, and is sent to the federal Government.
This fund is a plan that pays you if you lose your job through no fault of your own (you won’t get paid EI if you voluntarily leave a job).
It will pay you for up to 36 weeks and at a rate that is about 66% of your previous gross pay.
Kay has been an expat for over 20 years. She set up the British Expat website more than 10 years ago, whilst living in London and missing the expat life. These days she spends much of her time lugging computers and cameras around the world. (Dave gets to deal with all the really heavy stuff.)
Sun 12 Feb 2012 
Canada: Employment Insurance
Employment Insurance (or EI) is a mandatory deduction from your wages, each pay period. This is matched by your employer, every pay period, and is sent to the federal Government.
This fund is a plan that pays you if you lose your job through no fault of your own (you won’t get paid EI if you voluntarily leave a job).
It will pay you for up to 36 weeks and at a rate that is about 66% of your previous gross pay.
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Author: Kay McMahon
Kay has been an expat for over 20 years. She set up the British Expat website more than 10 years ago, whilst living in London and missing the expat life. These days she spends much of her time lugging computers and cameras around the world. (Dave gets to deal with all the really heavy stuff.)
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