Action4Canada - November 03, 2021


No Employment Insurance For Those Who Don't Get The Jab

Hosted by
Tanya Gaw
Mentioned
Katie
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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

182.9

Word count

358

Sentence count

32


Summary

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Should employees who refuse to get vaccinated be eligible for Employment Insurance (EI) if their employer terminates their job because they refuse to vaccinate their employees? In this episode, I speak with the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Katie Donoughue, who gives her thoughts on the matter.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Employers in a wide range of sectors are starting to lay off employees for refusing to get
00:00:04.700 vaccinated. Will individuals who lose a job for refusing to get vaccinated qualify for employment
00:00:11.840 insurance? Well, that's a very important question and we're looking into it. My current thinking on
00:00:19.220 it is that is a that's a choice. And, you know, of course, not counting medical exemptions or
00:00:25.480 valid reasons for term for not having the vaccination. But if you choose to leave your
00:00:30.860 job for that reason, my current thinking and the current advice I'm getting is you won't qualify
00:00:35.720 for EI. So so right now, it's not necessarily the employer is choosing. They're choosing not to get
00:00:41.620 vaccinated. And we're not talking about medical reasons. That is not what I'm asking about. It's
00:00:46.540 someone who says, I don't want to get vaccinated, even if I'm going to lose my job, that the employer
00:00:51.440 terminates that person's positions. From your perspective right now, you're looking at making
00:00:56.860 sure, no, that individual does not qualify for EI. Right. That's exactly what I'm saying. So I just
00:01:03.020 wanted to make sure I understood your question. Absolutely. So it's a condition of employment that
00:01:06.760 hasn't been met. And the employer choosing to terminate someone for that reason would make
00:01:11.000 that person ineligible for EI. And I know you said that you're looking at it right now. Is there any
00:01:15.480 sort of timeline as to when that will be sort of specifically hammered out and be policy?
00:01:21.440 Partially because we're still technically in the caretaker convention and there hasn't been a new
00:01:25.400 cabinet appointed, Katie. We don't want to make public policy firm decisions that will bind the
00:01:31.060 next, you know, cabinet. But I can tell you that's the advice I'm getting. And that will be the advice
00:01:35.240 I move forward with. But, you know, we'll have to wait and see what the prime minister does next
00:01:39.480 Tuesday with his cabinet. And so once cabinet is picked, this is something that you will have to
00:01:44.460 deal with. Absolutely. That will be dealt with then.
00:01:51.440 Thank you.
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