Bill C-288: An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (special benefits)

Cover Summary BILL C-288 First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-288 An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (special benefits) FIRST READING, JUNE 9, 2016 Mr. Donnelly 421071 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to extend the maximum period for which benefits for illness, injury or quarantine may be paid from 15 weeks to 50 weeks. Available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address: http://www.parl.gc.ca 1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-288 An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (special benefits) 1996, c. 23 Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1 Paragraph 12(3)‍(c) of the Employment Insurance Act is replaced by the following: (c) because of a prescribed illness, injury or quarantine is 50; 2 Paragraph 152.‍14(1)‍(c) of the Act is replaced by the following: (c) because of a prescribed illness, injury or quarantine is 50; Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons