Labour Adjustment Benefits Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Act,

  average weekly insurable earnings

  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

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

  board of referees

  board of referees[Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 273]

  Canadian establishment

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

  Commission

  Commission means the Canada Employment Insurance Commission; (Commission)

  designated industry

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

  effective date of lay-off

  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

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

  industrial restructuring

  industrial restructuring includes technological change; (restructuration industrielle)

  labour adjustment benefits

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

  lay-off

  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

  Minister means the Minister of Employment and Social Development; (ministre)

  qualified employee

  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)

  Social Security Tribunal

  Social Security Tribunal means the Social Security Tribunal established under section 44 of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act; (Tribunal de la sécurité sociale)

  week

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

  year

  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.