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Types of Employment Insurance Benefits (8:IV) (view source)
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== A. Regular Benefits == | == A. Regular Benefits == | ||
EI benefits are calculated using your '''highest weeks of earnings''' over the qualifying period (''EI Act'', s. 14(4)). This applies to both regular and special benefits. | EI benefits are calculated using your '''highest weeks of earnings''' over the qualifying period (''EI Act'', s. 14(4)). This applies to both regular and special benefits. | ||
Regular EI benefits are payable during the benefit period to a claimant who: | Regular EI benefits are payable during the benefit period to a claimant who: | ||
* was employed in insurable employment; | * was employed in insurable employment; | ||
* lost their job through no fault of their own; | * lost their job through no fault of their own; | ||
* has had an interruption of earnings from employment; | * has had an interruption of earnings from employment; | ||
* has worked the required number of insurable employment hours during the qualifying period; | * has worked the required number of insurable employment hours during the qualifying period; | ||
* is ready, willing, and capable of working each day; | * is ready, willing, and capable of working each day; | ||
* has made “reasonable and customary efforts” to find employment; and | * has made “reasonable and customary efforts” to find employment; and | ||
* is unable to find suitable employment. | * is unable to find suitable employment. | ||
The maximum number of weeks of regular benefits available to a claimant varies according to the claimant’s hours of insurable employment in the qualifying period and the regional rate of unemployment. See Schedule I and s. 12(2) of the ''EI Act''. | The maximum number of weeks of regular benefits available to a claimant varies according to the claimant’s hours of insurable employment in the qualifying period and the regional rate of unemployment. See Schedule I and s. 12(2) of the ''EI Act''. | ||
== B. Special Benefits == | == B. Special Benefits == | ||