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Monday, April 1, 2013

Employment Insurance Appeals Made Harder According To Organised Labour

A town hall meeting has been scheduled in Sussex next weekend at the Legion on Magnolia Avenue to talk about changes to employment insurance and Fundy-Royal M-P Rob Moore has been invited to attend. 

Serge Landry of the Canadian Labour Congress is warning it's going to be alot harder to appeal if you're turned down for Employment Insurance. 

Landry says, in the past, appeals used to be heard by an independent board but now only one person, appointed by the Harper Government, will make the decision. Landry tells CHSJ News that change is going to make a huge difference.

In New Brunswick, the government appointee is in Bathurst and Landry says interaction will be by phone or video conferencing which is not the same as sitting down face to face with someone.