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== H. Termination of Benefit Period == | == H. Termination of Benefit Period == | ||
Once a benefit period is established, it continues to run notwithstanding that the claimant may have returned to work (though full benefits will not actually be paid in this case), unless the benefit period is terminated. | |||
Section 10(8) states that a benefit period terminates when: | Section 10(8) states that a benefit period terminates when: | ||
1. no further benefits are payable to the claimant in his or her benefit period; | |||
2. the benefit period would otherwise end under this section; and | |||
3. the claimant: | |||
a) asks that the benefit period end; | |||
b) makes a new initial claim for benefit; and | |||
c) qualifies to receive benefit under this part of the ''EI Act''. | |||
NOTE: The way benefit rates are calculated under the ''EI Act'' can make the timing of the decision to end one claim and start a new one crucial. Therefore, it may be better for a claimant to terminate an existing benefit period prior to its expiration and establish a new one, in order to use working periods during the benefit period that may improve his or her benefit rate or attachment. | |||
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