Yesterday’s dismal Employment Insurance statistics indicated that more workers are filing claims but fewer are getting benefits. My national commentary is in The Huffington Post. My Saskatchewan commentary is in today’s Regina Leader-Post (page D1): leaderpost/business/Sask+recipients+down+claims+July/8935245/story.html However, the number of Saskatchewan workers making EI claims jumped by 1,180 in July, an increase of 21 per cent compared to June, and a 14 per cent increase over July 2012. In percentage terms, Saskatchewan posted the largest increase in EI claims of any province on both a monthly and year-over-year basis. Although more Saskatchewan workers filed claims in July, fewer actually received benefits that month. The combination of rising claims and falling benefits suggests that federal cuts to EI have hurt Saskatchewan workers, said Erin Weir, an economist with the United Steelworkers. “The Sask. Party (government) may try to spin the decline in EI recipients as evidence of a strong job market, but the fact that more Saskatchewan workers are unemployed and claiming benefits tells a different story,’’ Weir said in commentary.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:01:25 +0000
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