If you do not receive your ROE from your employer within 14 days, apply without the ROE and prove your employment by submitting your pay stubs. Once you apply for EI benefits, there is a 2-week waiting period during which you will not be paid.
Your first payment will be made within 28 days of the start date of your claims. If you earn any money during the waiting period of 2 weeks, you must report the earnings. The earnings will be deducted from the first 3 weeks of payable benefits.
A report must be filed with EI every 2 weeks before your EI benefits are paid for those 2 weeks. You will receive a notice in the mail which will tell you how to fill out the report and the date by which it must be returned to EI.
You may collect benefits from 14 weeks up to 45 weeks. The number of weeks you are entitled to collect benefits will be determined by the number of insurable hours you have in the qualifying period. You will be advised of the number of weeks you qualify for when you begin receiving your benefits.
The benefits you collect must be paid within a time period of 52 weeks. You can get regular benefits for weeks. For special benefits, the time period depends on the type of benefit. The amount of time you can get benefits depends on the unemployment rate in your region and how long you have worked in the last 52 weeks or since your last claim, whichever is shorter.
You may be able to combine some types of benefits to extend the period of time that you can collect benefits. Also, there are some restrictions about when the period can start and end. The number of weeks you can collect EI benefits is calculated when your EI claim starts, and it is based on the unemployment rate in your region and the number of insurable hours you worked in the qualifying period.
Note: Starting September 27, , you will see changes to the EI program, which will be in effect for one year. Employment employment insurance EI.
Use the Clicklaw HelpMap to find someone in your community who can help with legal problems. Here are some examples:. To qualify for employment insurance, you must have worked in a job that is considered insurable employment.
Generally, insurable employment is work under the authority of an employer in Canada. You must work for an employer who controls your wages, hours and tasks.
Contact your local Service Canada office if you think your job is insurable employment and employment insurance premiums are not being taken from your paycheque.
Click here to find your local Service Canada office. The minimum number of hours of insurable work you need to qualify for employment insurance depends on the unemployment rate in your area. The higher the unemployment rate, the lower the required number of hours. Usually, you need between hours during your qualifying period. From September 26, to September 24, , you only need to have worked hours during your qualifying period, regardless of the unemployment rate in your area.
Your qualifying period is usually the 52 weeks before employment insurance is paid. But your qualifying period could be shorter if you already received employment insurance in the last year. The minimum number of hours you need to work is higher if, in the past, you broke certain rules about receiving employment insurance benefits. You can add together all the hours you have worked at different insurable jobs across Canada during the qualifying period.
In the past year, Mark worked several part-time jobs at a high school and hardware store, and in local parks. Now he cannot find any work. Mark can add together the hours he worked for these different employers to see if he worked at least hours.
To receive employment insurance benefits, you must apply for them and show that you qualify to receive benefits.
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