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Chapter 8WorkingAbout your Social InsuranceNumber (SIN)As mentioned previously, you must have aSocial Insurance Number (SIN) to work inCanada. There is no cost to apply. You mayapply for one at the nearest Service Canadaoffice. Refer to Appendix C or you write:Service Canada,Social Insurance Registration Office,P.O. Box 7000,Bathurst, NBE2A 4T1New Brunswick is the only provincewhere you may also apply for your SINby telephone. You will need to have animmigration identity document issued byCitizenship and Immigration Canada, such asyour PR card or a work permit, when you call.• toll-free, 1-888-428-0888, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30p.m., Monday to Friday (except statutoryholidays)New Brunswick employmentstandards and regulationsIn New Brunswick, employers must obey TheEmployment Standards Act, administeredby the Department of Post-SecondaryEducation, Training and Labour:• 1-506-453-3902; toll-free, 1-888-452-2687• www.gnb.ca/0308/index-e.aspYou will find information about regulationsfor such things as the minimum wage,overtime pay, vacations, and sick leave.Public holidaysIn most, but not all cases, employees arepaid for public holidays even if they do notwork. If employees work on a holiday, someemployers have to pay their employeesone-and-one-half times their usual rate of pay.Statutory Holidays:• New Year’s Day (Jan. 1);• Good Friday (Friday before Easter Sundayin either March or April);• Canada Day (July 1);• New Brunswick Day(first Monday in August);• Labour Day (first Monday in September);• Remembrance Day (Nov. 11); and• Christmas (Dec. 25);To find out if these holidays apply to yourbusiness, contact the Department of PostSecondary Education, Training and Labour:• toll-free, 1-888-452-2687Orientation guide for newcomers to New Brunswick51
Maternity and adoption leaveEmployees who are pregnant are oftenentitled to take time off without pay aroundthe time of their child’s birth. This is calledmaternity leave.• often you have to be on the job for aminimum period of time to be eligiblefor maternity leave. New Brunswick doesnot set a minimum amount of time, butemployers have different policies. Makesure you know your employer’s policy.Contact Service Canada:• toll-free, 1-800-206-7218• some employees are also eligible forfinancial assistance from the federalgovernment while on maternity leave. It iscalled Employment Insurance (EI) maternitybenefits. It lasts for 17 weeks. To receivematernity benefits, you are required to haveworked for 600 hours in the previous yearor since your last claim;• in some cases, employers will add to thegovernment maternity benefits so that theemployee receives the same amount ofmoney she would be paid if working; and• female employees must give written noticeto their employer at least four weeks beforethey go on maternity leave.You may also take unpaid leave if you areadopting a child. In New Brunswick, thematernity and adoption leave can be sharedby both parents but the total time cannotbe more than 37 weeks. Eligible employeesmay receive EI parental benefits for 35 weeks.The combined total of maternity leave andchild care leave taken by one or both parentscannot total more than 52 weeks.An employer must allow an employeeto return to work, in the same or similarposition, after taking either of these leaves:• toll-free, 1-800-206-7218• www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/ei/types/special.shtmlEmployment Insurance (EI)Employment Insurance (EI) is a federalgovernment program that may give youmoney when you lose your job. It is onlyavailable under certain conditions. You musthave lost your job because of something youcould not control such as a work shortage orthe closing of the company. You must also beready to work again and be looking for work.If you voluntarily quit your job or are firedfor misconduct at work, you will not beeligible to receive regular EI benefits (rareexceptions apply, such as if your workplaceis not tolerable because of harassment or ifyour working conditions are unsafe). Eventhen, you are expected to take steps to workwith your employer to improve the situationbefore quitting, and you still may not qualifyfor employment insurance.To be eligible for EI:• you must be without a job for at leastseven consecutive days;• you must have already worked from420 to 700 hours. If it is your first time inthe workforce or if you have been absentfrom work for about two years, you maybe required to have 910 hours of work;• the eligibility period of time required toapply for EI is 52 weeks; and• if you meet all these conditions, you mayreceive pay for 14 up to a maximum of45 weeks.52Orientation guide for newcomers to New Brunswick
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Page 5 and 6: New Brunswick’s countiesNew Bruns
Page 7: New Brunswick detailed mapQUÉBECMa
Page 10 and 11: distribution, information technolog
Page 14: Chapter 2The political systemOrders
Page 20 and 21: Find a place to liveThere are a num
Page 22 and 23: Chapter 4Help getting startedImmigr
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Page 29 and 30: The telephone book is divided into
Page 31 and 32: Contact numbers for the different t
Page 33 and 34: ShoppingNew Brunswick is a popular
Page 35 and 36: Bell Aliant• toll-free, 1-866-4AL
Page 38 and 39: Chapter 6Finding a place to liveWha
Page 40 and 41: If you buyBefore you look for a hou
Page 42: City or country livingIf you live i
Page 45 and 46: International training andinternati
Page 47 and 48: Westmorland CountyP.O. Box 5001,200
Page 49 and 50: The New Brunswick office of Canada
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Page 56 and 57: Chapter 9Health careCanada has a he
Page 58 and 59: • call toll-free, 1-866-554-5959
Page 60 and 61: Chapter 10Money and bankingCanadian
Page 62 and 63: • credit cards are generally easi
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Page 66: ICICI:• toll-free, 1-888-ICICI-CA
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Page 71 and 72: Safety inspectionsEvery car registe
Page 74 and 75: Chapter 12EducationThe school syste
Page 76 and 77: Post-secondary educationIf students
Page 78: Student loansPaying for your educat
Page 81 and 82: Prohibited grounds of discriminatio
Page 83 and 84: Women’s rightsWomen have full equ
Page 85 and 86: Sexual harassmentWomen and men have
Page 88 and 89: Chapter 14Citizenship and permanent
Page 90 and 91: Chapter 15The legal systemNew Bruns
Page 92 and 93: Legal aid offices in New Brunswick:
Page 94: Chapter 16Faith and religionReligio
Page 97 and 98: The Child Tax BenefitSome Canadians
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YMCA of Greater Moncton,30 War Vete
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Meeting peopleAs mentioned earlier,
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Power outages (24 hours):• toll-f
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Kent CountyPlace LeBourg, Suite 13,
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Kent CountyRichibucto Service Canad
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Miramichi Regional Hospital,500 Wat
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Community mental-healthcentres:•
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Gloucester County:Enfant-Jésus RHS
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York County:Gibson Health Clinic,23
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Northumberland CountyMiramichi East
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Shediac Medical Clinic,419 Main St.
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