Labour Adjustment Benefits Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Act,

  average weekly insurable earnings

  rémunération hebdomadaire assurable moyenne

  average weekly insurable earnings, in respect of an employee, means the weekly average of the employee’s insurable earnings, as determined under the Employment Insurance Act; (rémunération hebdomadaire assurable moyenne)

  Board

  Office

  Board means the Labour Adjustment Review Board established by section 6; (Office)

  board of referees

  conseil arbitral

  board of referees means a board of referees established under Part VI of the Employment Insurance Act; (conseil arbitral)

  Canadian establishment

  établissement canadien

  Canadian establishment means any establishment in Canada engaged in the production of goods or the provision of services; (établissement canadien)

  Commission

  Commission

  Commission means the Canada Employment Insurance Commission; (Commission)

  designated industry

  secteur d’activités désigné

  designated industry means an industry designated pursuant to section 3; (secteur d’activités désigné)

  effective date of lay-off

  date de mise à pied

  effective date of lay-off, in respect of an employee, means the date the employee was laid off as determined by the Board pursuant to subsection 11(3); (date de mise à pied)

  employee

  employé

  employee means any individual who has been employed at a Canadian establishment; (employé)

  industrial restructuring

  restructuration industrielle

  industrial restructuring includes technological change; (restructuration industrielle)

  labour adjustment benefits

  prestations d’adaptation

  labour adjustment benefits means the benefits payable under this Act; (prestations d’adaptation)

  lay-off

  mise à pied

  lay-off means the separation, for an indefinite period, of an employee from employment at a Canadian establishment solely as a result of a reduction in the number of employees at that establishment; (mise à pied)

  Minister

  ministre

  Minister means the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development; (ministre)

  qualified employee

  employé admissible

  qualified employee means an employee who has been determined by the Commission pursuant to this Act to be qualified to receive labour adjustment benefits; (employé admissible)

  week

  semaine

  week means a period of seven consecutive days commencing on Sunday; (semaine)

  year

  année

  year means a calendar year. (année)

• Marginal note:Presumption

  (2) For the purposes of any provision of this Act in which reference is made to a person’s attaining sixty-five years of age, a person is deemed to have attained that age at the beginning of the calendar month following the calendar month in which he actually attains that age.