{"id":18235,"date":"2020-04-30T09:15:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T13:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/does-cews-leave-workers-on-parental-disability-leave-behind-145494"},"modified":"2020-04-30T09:15:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T13:15:55","slug":"does-cews-leave-workers-on-parental-disability-leave-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/04\/30\/does-cews-leave-workers-on-parental-disability-leave-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Does CEWS leave workers on parental, disability leave behind?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Martha Porado<\/span> | April 30, 2020 <\/p>\n

Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge employees who were on leave in the months leading up to the coronavirus shutdown appear to have fallen through a crack in the federal government\u2019s wage subsidy program.<\/p>\n

The Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees has pointed out that the airline\u2019s unilateral use of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy<\/a> means workers who were on leave between Jan. 1 and March 31, 2020 will be at a disadvantage since that timeframe is being used by the federal government to calculate the level of salary they\u2019re replacing.<\/p>\n

Read: A legal update on the government\u2019s CEWS and CERB programs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Workers on maternity or disability leave, as well as employees on workers\u2019 compensation or previous leave arrangements due to the B737 grounding, deserve to have their subsidies calculated based on what they\u2019d be earning if they weren\u2019t on leave, says Hugh Pouliot, a  spokesperson for the CUPE.<\/p>\n

He says the adoption of the CEWS across the board knowingly discriminates against these members and that there\u2019s been no concrete indication from the employer that it intends to address the situation.<\/p>\n

Air Canada didn\u2019t respond to Benefits Canada<\/em>\u2018s requests for comment. And the Ministry of Finance wasn\u2019t able to provide a comment by the time of publication.<\/p>\n

Read: CRA introduces calculator to help employers with wage subsidy applications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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