Since the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit AKA the CERB opened to Canadians in early April, over seven million people have applied. Stats Canada reported almost two million jobs lost in April, as the employment rate dipped by 11 percent. In Nova Scotia, unemployment is below the national average of 13 percent, but still climbed three […]
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Federal government updates the CERB to help seasonal and casual workers
The Federal government is planning to extend the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to cover some of the people who were left out of the first draft of the plan. When the CERB was first announced it didn’t apply to seasonal workers whose jobs disappeared due to COVID or who had run out of EI while […]
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Starting today you can apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit
The CERB (Canada Emergency Response Benefit) combines two previously announced streams—the emergency care benefit, and the emergency support benefit. The CERB has two main objectives: Catch Canadians who don’t qualify for regular EI and relieve some of the burden on regular EI by funnelling some of those who do qualify into this quicker-to-release relief program. […]