Employment

Canada tightens employment insurance rules

24 May 2012

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada tightened its rules on payouts to the unemployed on Thursday, requiring jobless workers to accept jobs at lower pay or commute further for work. The Conservative government said the changes would help deal with the anomaly of high overall unemployment, and job shortages in certain areas. Opponents said the government was demonizing people without jobs, and would force ...

Employment up over 40% at First Internet Bank

24 May 2012

At the annual meeting of shareholders of First Internet Bancorp, parent company of First Internet Bank, Chairman and CEO David Becker announced yesterday the Bank had increased its

Government announces details of Employment Insurance reforms

24 May 2012

Canadians receiving employment insurance benefits will generally be expected to commute up to an hour to their workplace and — depending on frequency of claims — accept jobs with wages ranging between 70 per cent and 90 per cent of their previous income, under new EI reforms announced Thursday by the federal government.