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This will give them a better chance to find work, and help tackle EU-wide unemployment and skill mismatches. For frontier workers (who live in one country, work in another country, and go home at least once a week), the Member State where they worked for the last 12 months would become responsible for paying unemployment benefits. This reflects the principle that the Member State which has received contributions should pay benefits.

The European Vocational Skills Week tries to draw the attention of all stakeholders to the benefits of the vocational choice for individuals, business and society.

In particular, subject to eligibility requirements, 15 weeks of sickness benefits may be combined with 50 weeks of entitlement that maternity and parental provide, resulting in an extension of the 52-week benefit period to 67 weeks, including the two-week waiting period.

This bill aims in particular to: reduce the qualifying period to a minimum of 360 hours regardless of the regional unemployment rate—this will eliminate the inequities between regions on the basis of their unemployment rates; increase the benefit period from 45 to 50 weeks—in this way, we will be able to limit the effects of the gap or black hole, which currently leaves the unemployed suffering for sometimes as long as 10 weeks; increase the rate of weekly benefits to 60% of insurable earnings rather than 55% as is currently the case—unstable jobs are generally the least well paid and these changes would provide claimants with a bare m ...[+++]inimum; eliminate the waiting period between the time when people lose their jobs and apply for benefits and the time when they receive their first cheques—workers should not be penalized for losing their jobs and their financial obligations continue, even if the money is late arriving; eliminate the distinction between a new entrant and a re-entrant to the labour force—this practice is totally discriminatory, especially against young people and women whose work situation is typically less stable; eliminate the presumption that persons related to each other do not deal with each other at arm’s length—it is not up to workers to prove their good faith when they lose their jobs, but it is up to the system to investigate if there is any doubt; increase the maximum yearly insurable earnings from $39,000 to $41,500 and introduce an indexing formula—the current contribution formula is actually a regressive tax that affects low-income earners the most. It is worth noting that the maximum was once $43,000; calculate benefits based on the 12 best weeks so as not to penalize seasonal workers who sometimes work small weeks; and finally, extend program coverage to the growing number of self-employed workers in the labour market who have no coverage should they become unemployed.

Since having children and helping relatives is not unemployment, AFEAS asks that the government first render eligible for employment insurance program benefits any person who performs the role of parent or helper, regardless of his or her status as a paid employee, self-employed worker, student or person in the home; increase maximum insurable earnings to the level that will be used by the Quebec parental insurance plan in 2006, that is to say $57,500, since the current level of $39,000 is very low and has not been increased in a very long time; review benefits granted at the birth or adoption of a child so that parents receive replacement income at a minimum rate of 70 percent of insurable earnings, without a qualifying period; provide, ...[+++] for parents, 15 weeks of maternity benefits, five weeks of non-transferable paternity benefits — so that only fathers can use them — and 35 weeks of parental or adoption benefits shareable between both parents, which already exists; pay a minimum, universal weekly benefit to mothers and fathers on the birth or adoption of a child over the number of weeks during which they are not eligible for maternity, paternity, parental or adoption benefits.

In addition, the Member States are encouraged to organise visibility events, such as a "Forest Week" or "Forest Day", to raise awareness of the benefits of sustainable forest management.