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Benefit Period of Employment Insurance (8:V) (view source)
Revision as of 21:26, 16 August 2018
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The length of any benefit period extended for these reasons cannot exceed 104 weeks (''EI Act'', s 10(14)). | The length of any benefit period extended for these reasons cannot exceed 104 weeks (''EI Act'', s 10(14)). | ||
== G. Payment of Regular Benefits == | |||
Where a benefit period for regular benefits has been established for a claimant, benefits may be paid to the claimant for each week of unemployment that falls in the benefit period, subject to the maximum benefit periods established in EI Act, s 12. | |||
The maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid in a benefit period (other than special benefits) are determined in accordance with the table in Schedule I of the EI Act by reference to the regional rate of unemployment that applies to the claimant and the number of hours of insurable employment of the claimant in their qualifying period. | |||
Refer to Canada’s EI Economic Region map to determine whether the claimant was living in one of the economic regions: http://srv129.services.gc.ca/eiregions/eng/canada.aspx. | |||
== G. Additional Employment Insurance Regular Benefits for Unemployed Workers in Affected Regions == | == G. Additional Employment Insurance Regular Benefits for Unemployed Workers in Affected Regions == | ||