Types of Employment Insurance Benefits (8:IV): Difference between revisions
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A claimant for pregnancy benefits must: | A claimant for pregnancy benefits must: | ||
*a) be a major attachment claimant; | *a) be a major attachment claimant; | ||
*b) prove her pregnancy. This entails furnishing a certificate completed by a physician that sets out the expected date of birth, or providing such other evidence as the Commission may require (s 18(1)); | *b) prove her pregnancy. This entails furnishing a certificate completed by a physician that sets out the expected date of birth, or providing such other evidence as the Commission may require (s 18(1)); and | ||
*c | *c) have an interruption of earnings. | ||
'''NOTE:''' A pregnancy that is terminated within the first 19 weeks is an illness defined in s 40(5) of the ''EI Regulations'', and not a confinement. | '''NOTE:''' A pregnancy that is terminated within the first 19 weeks is an illness defined in s 40(5) of the ''EI Regulations'', and not a confinement. | ||
=== 2. Benefit Period and Duration === | === 2. Benefit Period and Duration === |