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

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” (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.