Difference between revisions of "Employment Insurance Benefit Entitlement (8:VII)"

As discussed above, the longer the period of unemployment, the less “picky” the claimant can be in his or her employment search: see section VII(B) for details. When claimants fill out EI application forms, they should not be too restrictive, especially about the wages they are willing to accept, or the distances they are willing to commute. Further, the Commission is likely to disentitle a claimant who is searching for a job that is virtually non-existent in  the area the claimant is searching. Also, a former employee searching for a job in a field where the wages were atypically high can be disentitled if he or she  restricts the search to jobs with similar wage levels. This can often be the case with formerly unionized workers.