Employment Insurance Regulations - Part II - National Employment Service

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Current EI (Main) Regulations

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PART II

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

58.  The national employment service maintained by the Commission under subsections 60(1) and (2) of the Act shall, for the purpose of facilitating the fullest possible integration into the Canadian work force of persons who need assistance in competing in the labour market, in cooperation with interested public authorities, employers, unions and organizations representing industries and industrial sectors,

1. collect and analyse the available information on the situation of the labour market, including information on labour market supply and demand, the economic and employment situations of individuals, families and communities, career and learning trends, and social and community conditions, and its probable evolution, both in Canada as a whole and in different industries, occupations and areas;
2. make that information available systematically and promptly to interested public authorities, the employers' and workers' organizations concerned and the general public;
3. help workers find suitable employment by
   1. making available to them information on employment opportunities locally, regionally and nationally, including information on specific job openings as well as general information on careers and occupations that are in demand in the labour market and the educational and skill requirements for those careers or occupations,
   2. where appropriate, referring them to other sources of labour market information such as social service agencies and community employment services organizations,
   3. obtaining from workers seeking employment such information as is necessary to effect proper referrals to employment opportunities within Canada and abroad,
   4. in accordance with local community-based service and client targeting strategies, interviewing and counselling workers, when necessary, to assess their employment needs and assist them to develop action plans in order to address those needs, and
   5. providing them with information on the availability of special assistance where they are experiencing particular difficulty obtaining or keeping employment; and
4. help employers find suitable workers by
   1. obtaining from them information on job vacancies and such information as is necessary to effect proper referrals of workers to the employers,
   2. dvising them on various ways to meet their employment needs, and
   3. making available to them information on workers searching for employment.

59.  The national employment service shall be made available at no cost to all workers whether insured or not or whether they are claiming unemployment benefits or not, and to all employers, workers' organizations and interested public and private organizations providing employment assistance services to workers.