Kindergarten teachers get summer EI benefits
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 | 7:58 AM AT
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The federal government has reversed its decision to deny kindergarten instructors on P.E.I. employment insurance benefits this summer.
A quarter of them were initially turned down for EI benefits because they applied as kindergarten teachers, not early childhood educators. Teachers in the school system are not eligible for EI during the summer months, but kindergarten instructors currently work in private businesses.
Some kindergarten teachers appealed the original decision, and now Ottawa has decided to give them benefits.
"They are early childhood educators and certainly don't fall under the definition of teacher at this time, so certainly it is a reasonable decision," Sonya Corrigan, executive director of the Early Childhood Development Association of P.E.I., told CBC News Tuesday.
Corrigan said the system should provide a separate category for kindergarten instructors who are not in the school system.
Most kindergarten instructors on P.E.I. make about $13 an hour, and so will get about $3,000 in EI benefits for the summer.
Kindergarten will be part of the public school system starting in September 2010.
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