How Employment Insurance changes will affect your job search | CanadianBusiness.com
Recent changes to EI eligibility made it compulsory for
people to seek low-paying jobs aka McJobs before filing for unemployment
benefits. This is the wheel that new Graduates often get stuck in: “Part-time
job or 2 part-time jobs to offset the amount of hours that was available to you
on one job. “ This may severely slow down the suitable job search for the
candidate and result in a longer professional work break between jobs, which
increases the risk of having to change career-path, regardless of how unwelcome
it may be.
This is highly alarming, as I would expect to have some kind
of benefit after I pay for EI throughout my employed period. Looking at this
policy change in combination with the abolishment of the mandatory retirement,
I am becoming concerned about the financial ability of the government to pay
what they “owe” to the working people. You pay for what you don’t get it’s
becoming like yet another insurance scam – auto, extended warranty and now employment
insurances.
If this was not the push to treat oneself like a business I
don’t know what would do it. I feel like the most appropriate strategy in this
job market is to take on finite employment obligations like contracts and
always stay looking for the next opportunity, or even open up your own
business/practice.
