May 12, 2020 at 3:18 PM
In temporarily replacing regular Employment Insurance benefits, the new Canada Emergency Response Benefit has provided needed support to millions, in a short amount of time.
However, the CERB has a glaring loophole that is short-changing workers from receiving additional income assistance from their employers.
Hundreds of thousands of workers in Canada have access to Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) payments when they are on layoff. These special, employer-paid benefit “top-ups” can provide hundreds of dollars, per week, to offset a worker’s loss of income.
Unlike regular EI, the CERB rules deny workers these SUB payments that many have won at the bargaining table.
Take a few seconds to sign this petition:
http://www.unifor.org/subplans
We have to act now, before more Unifor members are denied the CERB because of this unfair loophole. There is a simple fix, and it’s up to the federal government to close the gap.