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ADMINISTRATION

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CHANGES TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
REGULATIONS

As you may be aware, a number of
changes have been made to UIC
regulations and benefits. This is to
advise you in general terms of the
more significant benefits and other
changes which are now effective. For
further information or specific
details, you should contact the
Personnel Office or the local Un-
employment Insurance Commission
office.

Benefits

1. Sickness (including non-
occupational accident) Benefit

This benefit is payable after a 4.
two week waiting period in an

amount equal to 66 2/3 % of earn-

ings to a maximum of $100.00

weekly for a maximum period of

15 weeks.

2. Maternity Benefit

This benefit, in a similar amount,
is payable for up to eight weeks
before confinement, during the
week of confinement, and for six
weeks thereafter.

3. Eligibility

These benefits are available now
to employees who were contribut-
ing to Unemployment Insurance
prior to 27 June, 1971, and who
meet the following other pre-
requisites.

a) Have contributed to Unemploy-
ment Insurance for at least
twenty weeks in the last
fifty-two weeks.

b) For maternity benefits,
conception must have occurred
during the most recent period
of employment.

Employees who begin Unemployment

Insurance contributions after

27 June, 1971, will not begin
‘contributions towards this
Section of U I C benefits until

1 January 1972, and then will not
be eligible for these benefits
until they have contributed for
twenty weeks.

Effect on Private Plans

 

The U I C will apply these benefits
only as a “second payer". That

is, they will pay only that amount
of benefit which is necessary to
bring the income from any private
plan up to an amount equal to

66 2/3 % of your normal pay.

Contributions

There is a change in the applica-
tion of the wage ceiling of
$7,800 for salaried employees.
When an employee now earning
$7,800 or less receives a

salary increase that takes them
beyond $7,800 ,.oontributions will
be continued in accordance with
the rate established for a salary
of $7,800.