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A. Regular Benefits
Starting April 7, 2013, EI benefits are calculated using your highest weeks of earnings over the qualifying period (generally 52 weeks): http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/ei/vbw/index.shtml. (Applies to both Regular (A) and Special Benefits (B)).
Regular EI benefits are payable during the benefit period to a claimant who:
- has had the requisite number of hours of insurable earnings during the qualifying period;
- has had an interruption of earnings from employment;
- is capable of and available for work, has made “reasonable and customary efforts” ; and
- is unable to find suitable employment.
The maximum number of weeks of regular benefits available to a claimant varies according to the claimant’s hours of insurable employment in the qualifying period, and the regional rate of unemployment. See Schedule I, s 12(2) of the EI Act.
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