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 === 1. General ===
-To qualify for EI benefits, a claimant must have worked a certain number of hours in insurable employment. The required period of time may change as determined by several factors that are explained below. The required number of hours of insurable employment must be accumulated during the claimant's “qualifying period”. The definition of qualifying period is set out in  s 8(1) of the ''EI Act''. This is usually the shorter of either:
+To qualify for EI benefits, a claimant must have worked a certain number of hours of insurable employment during the claimant’s qualifying period. The required number of hours may vary according to the location of the claimant, and the unemployment rate in the region they live.  The definition of qualifying period is set out in s 8(1) of the ''EI Act''.  This is usually the shorter of either:
-# the 52 weeks immediately before the benefit period commences under s 10(1); or
+a)	the 52 weeks immediately before the benefit period commences under s 10(1); or
-# the period between the beginning of a prior claim and the beginning of the present one.
+b)	the period that begins on the first day of an immediately preceding benefit period and ends with the end of the week before the beginning of a benefit period under s 10(1).  I.e., the period between the beginning of a prior claim and the beginning of the present claim.
 === 2. Extensions of the Qualifying Period ===