CRA WEBINAR – EMPLOYEE STATUS AND EI/CPP RULINGS FOR POSTDOCS
Summary: Many postdocs in Canada remain classified as ‘trainees’ rather than ’employees’ despite the spread of postdoctoral unions across the country and a number of provincial labour board rulings to the contrary. As a result, those individuals are denied access to Employment Insurance and the Canada Pension Plan – two social security programs that many postdocs …