Difference between revisions of "Types of Employment Insurance Benefits (8:IV)"

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 In some cases, a claimant who loses previous employment – due to injury for example – may not immediately qualify for regular benefits if he or she is capable of performing other jobs and is actively seeking such employment.
-=== 2. Sickness Benefit Rate ===
+=== 2. Prescribed Illness, Injury or Quarantine ===
-The sickness benefit rate is the same as the regular benefit rate and is subject to reduction due to “earnings”, which are allocated to weeks of sickness. In contrast to regular claimants, all “earnings” are deducted (s 21(3)). See [[Quantifying Employment Insurance Benefits (8:V)#D. Effect of Earnings | Section V.D: Effect of Earnings]], above.
-=== 3. Prescribed Illness, Injury or Quarantine ===
 Sickness benefits are only available for a “prescribed illness, injury or quarantine that renders a claimant incapable of performing the functions of his or her regular or usual employment or other suitable employment” ('''EI Regulations''', s 40(4)).  The onus is on the claimant to prove entitlement.   A medical certificate is usually required, and the Commission may also require a claimant to undergo a medical examination at their direction pursuant to s 40(2) of the EI Regulations.  In those situations, the Commission must pay travel and other expenses for the examination ('''EI Regulation''', s 40(3)).