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 their regular or usual employment or other suitable employment” ('''EI Regulations''', 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 ('''EI Regulation''', s 40(3)).