Employment Insurance (EI) Legislation - Readability Project
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In full partnership with the Department of Justice, the federal department of Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) is re-writing the EI Legislation based on the International Plain Language movement. The project’s goal is to make this important piece of social legislation more user-friendly and easier to understand while preserving its current fundamental provisions and program principles.
The EI Legislation is a federal statute providing insurance against unemployment for all paid-workers in Canada (some 15 million) and is one of several income-support programs administered by HRDC. This legislation is considered to be one of the most difficult federal laws to understand.
Once completed, the EI prototype is expected to serve as model for future drafting of federal statutes by the Department of Justice.