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Overview

Residents were invited to have their say on potential amendments to the Employment Standards Act.

Background

In December 2017, the Government of Canada made changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) program and to the Canada Labour Code. These changes resulted in differences between the NWT Employment Standards Act (Act) and the Canada Labour Code which usually include the same or similar eligible benefits.

The GNWT proposed to amend the Act to align more closely with the Canada Labour Code and to introduce leave provisions for victims of domestic violence, enhance protection of domestic workers and clarify protection of construction workers.