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== A. Regular Benefits == | == A. Regular Benefits == | ||
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 ( | 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 and special benefits). | ||
Regular EI benefits are payable during the benefit period to a claimant who: | Regular EI benefits are payable during the benefit period to a claimant who: | ||
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*is unable to find suitable employment. | *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 | 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 and s 12(2) of the ''EI Act''. | ||
== B. Special Benefits == | == B. Special Benefits == | ||
