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      Wage Earner Protection Program Act (Canada)

      Wage Earner Protection Program Act

      The Wage Earner Protection Program Act provides for the payment of outstanding eligible wages to individuals whose employer is bankrupt or subject to a receivership. The Wage Earner Protection Program Act covers approximately 12.3 million employees in the following sectors:
      • the federal private sector
      • the territorial private sector, and
      • the provincial private sector