It's very poor planning for someone to turn down work in favor of continuing to collect EI (which is temporary). Because that job offer may not be there for you in the future. The unemployment rate is 10.9%.
My girlfriend is collecting CERB and she is actively applying for work and finding it difficult to get a job even though she wants one. All these people sitting on their ass not applying for jobs are going to be in for a rude awakening when they find out that the quarantine and social distancing permanently shuttered a lot of businesses and the jobs tied to that are also gone permanently.
Toronto. She last worked as a cashier so she mainly applies for those jobs as she has experience there. But she's applying for others. She even applied for a PSW job (which she has the certification for). They turned her down last year. She figures she has a better chance now after nursing homes caught a lot of bad press after covid. Nursing homes are run by penny-pinching administration and we witnessed the result of that this spring.
CERB's $2,000/month before taxes is less than full time minimum wage. I can see CERB being a deterrent for part-time and casual labour to go back to work. But not full-time. $2,000/month before taxes in expensive urban areas like Toronto is not a lot of money to live on and it's only temporary. It's not a permanent basic income. Once the EI runs out, many Canadians are going to have trouble getting work. So it's not even smart for part-time/casual workers to turn down job offers in favor of collecting CERB/EI.
It's very poor planning for someone to turn down work in favor of continuing to collect EI (which is temporary). Because that job offer may not be there for you in the future. The unemployment rate is 10.9%.
My girlfriend is collecting CERB and she is actively applying for work and finding it difficult to get a job even though she wants one. All these people sitting on their ass not applying for jobs are going to be in for a rude awakening when they find out that the quarantine and social distancing permanently shuttered a lot of businesses and the jobs tied to that are also gone permanently.
Toronto. She last worked as a cashier so she mainly applies for those jobs as she has experience there. But she's applying for others. She even applied for a PSW job (which she has the certification for). They turned her down last year. She figures she has a better chance now after nursing homes caught a lot of bad press after covid. Nursing homes are run by penny-pinching administration and we witnessed the result of that this spring.
CERB's $2,000/month before taxes is less than full time minimum wage. I can see CERB being a deterrent for part-time and casual labour to go back to work. But not full-time. $2,000/month before taxes in expensive urban areas like Toronto is not a lot of money to live on and it's only temporary. It's not a permanent basic income. Once the EI runs out, many Canadians are going to have trouble getting work. So it's not even smart for part-time/casual workers to turn down job offers in favor of collecting CERB/EI.