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UI
DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)
n. — abbreviation, Administration
See also COD-2, s.v. "UI", which labels it "in Canada".
Quotations
1971
It is conceivable that, if only one union engaged in multi-union bargaining decided to strike without consulting the others, thereby throwing all the employees out of work, they would all be deemed ineligible for UI benefits.
1988
However, other UI cheques - to be sent to an unknown destination - will not be delivered until Wednesday.
1998
"Under the plan they were to be laid off, but ... at the time they were telling UI they were laid off they were still working in the office."
2006
The theory was that if workers received trades and technical training there would be less demand for UI.
2013
At any rate, from time to time governments have looked at the whole EI program or, as it used to be called, UI, and get the idea that it should be reformed. They get the idea that people who draw EI/UI are a bunch of lazy good-for-nothing freeloaders and they try, often with a surprising amount of success, to convince the populace that this is the case.
References
- COD-2
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