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 The number of hours required to be entitled to EI benefits depends of the type of benefits you are seeking, your employment history, and the unemployment rate in the region where you live. Regular benefits require 420 to 700 hours of work, unless you are a new entrant or re-entrant to the labour force, in which case you will need 910 hours. EI also pays special benefits for workers who are unemployed due to sickness, pregnancy, being a new parent, or providing compassionate care for a gravely ill or dying person. To receive special benefits, you will need 600 hours of work.
-Whatever the number of hours required, they must have been worked in your qualifying period, which is usually the year before you apply. Sometimes the period can be longer or shorter than a year, however.
 If you have quit your job without just cause or were fired for misconduct, you will usually be disqualified from receiving any regular benefits. If you are not available for work (which includes actively looking for a job), you can be disentitled until you become available. And if you make false statements to EI, you can be required to repay any benefits you shouldn't have received, and you may also have to pay EI a penalty for having acted dishonestly.