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Qualifying for Employment Insurance (8:III) (view source)
Revision as of 18:12, 29 August 2023
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=== 1. General === | === 1. General === | ||
To qualify for EI benefits, a claimant must have worked a certain number of hours of insurable employment during the claimant’s qualifying period. The required number of hours may vary according to the location of the claimant, and the unemployment rate in the region they live in. The definition of qualifying period is set out in s. 8(1) of the ''EI Act''. This is usually the shorter of either: | To qualify for EI benefits, a claimant must have worked a certain number of hours of insurable employment during the claimant’s qualifying period. The required number of hours may vary according to the location of the claimant, and the unemployment rate in the region they live in. The definition of qualifying period is set out in s. 8(1) of the ''EI Act''. This is usually the shorter of either: | ||
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:(b) the period that begins on the first day of an immediately preceding benefit period and ends with the end of the week before the beginning of a benefit period under s. 10(1) – i.e., the period between the beginning of a prior claim and the beginning of the present claim. | :(b) the period that begins on the first day of an immediately preceding benefit period and ends with the end of the week before the beginning of a benefit period under s. 10(1) – i.e., the period between the beginning of a prior claim and the beginning of the present claim. | ||
=== 2. Extensions of the Qualifying Period === | === 2. Extensions of the Qualifying Period === | ||