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Employment Insurance Regulations — 52
52 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a claimant loses a part-time employment or is unable to resume a part-time employment for any reason mentioned in subsection 36(1) of the Act, the maximum number of days of disentitlement of the claimant is five days per week ending on the occurrence, in respect of the part-time employment, of an event referred to in paragraph 36(1)(a) or (b) of the Act. (2) Where a claimant loses a part-time employment or is unable to resume a part-time employment for any reason mentioned in subsection 36(1) of the Act, the number of days of disentitlement of the claimant in a week is, for the percentage that is set out in column I of the table to this subsection and that is the ratio between the claimant’s average weekly insurable earnings in that part-time employment and the weekly insurable earnings as determined under section 14 of the Act, the corresponding number of days of disentitlement set out in column II of that table, ending on the occurrence, in respect of the part-time employment, of an event referred to in paragraph 36(1)(a) or (b) of the Act. TABLE Column I Column II Percentage Number of Days of Disentitlement more than 0 but not more than 10 0 more than 10 but not more than 30 1 more than 30 but not more than 50 2 more than 50 but not more than 70 3 more than 70 but not more than 90 4 more than 90 5
Employment Insurance Regulations — 53
53 (1) For the purposes of section 36 of the Act and subject to subsection (2), a stoppage of work at a factory, workshop or other premises is terminated when (a) the work-force at the factory, workshop or other premises attains at least 85 per cent of its normal level; and (b) the level of activity in respect of the production of goods or services at the factory, workshop or other premises attains at least 85 per cent of its normal level. (2) Where, in respect of a stoppage of work, an occurrence prevents the attainment of at least 85 per cent of the normal level of the work-force or activity in respect of the production of goods or services at a factory, workshop or other premises, the stoppage of work terminates (a) if the occurrence is a discontinuance of business, a permanent restructuring of activity or an act of God, when the level of the work-force or of the activity attains at least 85 per cent of that normal level, with the normal level adjusted by taking that occurrence into account; and (b) if the occurrence is a change in economic or market conditions or in technology, when (i) there is a resumption of activity at the factory, workshop or other premises, and (ii) the level of the work-force and of the activity attains at least 85 per cent of that normal level as adjusted by taking that occurrence into account. (3) For the purposes of calculating the percentages referred to in subsections (1) and (2), no account shall be taken of exceptional or temporary measures taken by the employer before and during the stoppage of work for the purpose of offsetting the effects of the stoppage. SOR/2002-154, s. 7
Employment Insurance Regulations — 54
54 (1) A claimant who is not a self-employed person, who is an inmate of a prison or similar institution and who has been granted parole, day parole, temporary absence or a certificate of availability, for the purpose of seeking and accepting employment in the community, is not disentitled from receiving benefits by reason only of section 37 of the Act. (2) A self-employed person who is an inmate of a prison or similar institution and who has been granted parole, day parole or a temporary absence is not disentitled from receiving benefits by reason only of section 152.2 of the Act. SOR/2010-10, s. 25
Employment Insurance Regulations — 55
ant referred to in subsections (5) and (6), for whom a benefit period has been established and who subsequently becomes resident in Canada, continues to be entitled to receive benefits for not more than the maximum number of weeks referred to in subsection (7). (9) Subject to subsection (10), the maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid in the benefit period, in respect of a claimant for whom a benefit period has been established in Canada and who subsequently becomes a claimant referred to in subsection (6), is the greater of (a) the number of weeks for which the claimant has already received benefits in Canada; and (b) the number of weeks to which the claimant would have been entitled under subsection (7) if the claimant had been temporarily or permanently resident in a place referred to in subsection (6) when the benefit period was established. (10) In a claimant’s benefit period, a claimant who is not in Canada or a claimant referred to in subsection (8) may, subject to the applicable maximums set out in paragraphs (7)(a) and (b), combine weeks of benefits to which they are entitled, but the maximum number of combined weeks is 50. If the benefit period is extended under subsection 10(13) of the Act, the maximum number of combined weeks equals the maximum number of weeks calculated under subsection 10(15) of the Act less two weeks. (11) A claimant who is not a self-employed person is not disentitled from receiving benefits for the sole reason that the claimant is outside Canada if the claimant is outside Canada, with the approval of the Commission, in the course of the claimant’s employment under an employment support measure referred to in paragraph 59(b) of the Act — or a measure that is the subject of an agreement under section 63 of the Act — that is established to help insured participants start businesses or become self-employed. (12) Subject to subsection (13), where a claimant makes a claim for the purposes of this section, the claim shall be sent in an envelope or package addressed to the Commission, by mail or by means of a confirmed delivery service. (13) Where a claim is sent by the claimant to the Commission in a manner other than the manner required by subsection (12), the claim shall be reviewed by an employee of the Commission at the time of importation. SOR/97-31, s. 21; SOR/2000-393, s. 1; SOR/2001-290, s. 3; SOR/2002-157, s. 4; SOR/2003-393, s. 10; SOR/2010-10, s. 26; SOR/2011-229, s. 3; SOR/2012-260, s. 1; SOR/2013-82, s. 15; SOR/2013-102, s. 13; SOR/2017-226, s. 11 2021, c. 23, s. 349 SOR/2026-18, s. 4
Employment Insurance Regulations — 55.01
 disentitled from receiving benefits in respect of pregnancy, the care of a child or children referred to in subsection 152.05(1) of the Act or the care or support of a family member referred to in subsection 152.06(1) of the Act, of a critically ill child or of a critically ill adult for the sole reason that the self-employed person is outside Canada, unless their Social Insurance Number Card or the period of validity of their Social Insurance Number has expired. SOR/2010-10, s. 27; SOR/2011-229, s. 4; SOR/2012-260, s. 2; SOR/2013-82, s. 16; SOR/2013-102, s. 14; SOR/2017-226, s. 12
Employment Insurance Regulations — 55.1
55.1 Employers who participate in a program to enable the Commission to substantiate proof provided to it by claimants in respect of their fulfilment of conditions for receiving or continuing to receive benefits shall provide, electronically on a monthly basis, the following information to the Commission in respect of their employees: (a) dates of commencement of employment; (b) periods of employment; and (c) amounts earned during employment. SOR/2004-312, s. 1; SOR/2009-187, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 55.2
55.2 The Commission may ratify the amounts paid (a) to claimants whose benefit period was established in the period beginning on January 4, 2009 and ending on September 11, 2010 following a claim for special benefits; and (b) for a week that is after the expiry of the benefit period that should have been established with respect to them under subsection 10(2) of the Act, as it read on October 25, 2009. SOR/2011-75, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 56
56 (1) A penalty owing under section 38, 39 or 65.1 of the Act or an amount payable under section 43, 45, 46, 46.1 or 65 of the Act, or the interest accrued on the penalty or amount, may be written off by the Commission if (a) the total of the penalties and amounts, including the interest accrued on those penalties and amounts, owing by the debtor to Her Majesty under any program administered by the Department of Employment and Social Development does not exceed $100, a benefit period is not currently running in respect of the debtor and the debtor is not currently making regular payments on a repayment plan; (b) the debtor is deceased; (c) the debtor is a discharged bankrupt; (d) the debtor is an undischarged bankrupt in respect of whom the final dividend has been paid and the trustee has been discharged; (e) the overpayment does not arise from an error made by the debtor or as a result of a false or misleading declaration or representation made by the debtor, whether the debtor knew it to be false or misleading or not, but arises from (i) a retrospective decision or ruling made under Part IV of the Act, or (ii) a retrospective decision made under Part I or IV of the Act in relation to benefits paid under section 25 of the Act; or (f) the Commission considers that, having regard to all the circumstances, (i) the penalty or amount, or the interest accrued on it, is uncollectable, (ii) the repayment of the penalty or amount, or the interest accrued on it, would result in undue hardship to the debtor, or (iii) the administrative costs of collecting the penalty or amount, or the interest accrued on it, would likely equal or exceed the penalty, amount or interest to be collected. (2) The portion of an amount owing under section 47 or 65 of the Act in respect of benefits received more than 12 months before the Commission notifies the debtor of the overpayment, including the interest accrued on it, may be written off by the Commission if (a) the overpayment does not arise from an error made by the debtor or as a result of a false or misleading declaration or representation made by the debtor, whether the debtor knew it to be false or misleading or not; and (b) the overpayment arises as a result of (i) a delay or error made by the Commission in processing a claim for benefits, (ii) retrospective control procedures or a retrospective review initiated by the Commission, (iii) an error made on the record of employment by the employer, (iv) an incorrect calculation by the employer of the debtor's insurable earnings or hours of insurable employment, or (v) an error in insuring the employment or other activity of the debtor. SOR/2002-236, s. 2; SOR/2012-260, s. 3; 2013, c. 40, s. 237
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average bank rate means the simple arithmetic mean of the bank rates that are established during the month before the month in respect of which interest is being calculated. ( taux d'escompte moyen )
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bank rate means the rate of interest established weekly by the Bank of Canada as the minimum rate at which the Bank of Canada makes short-term advances to members of the Canadian Payments Association. ( taux d'escompte )
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debt arising from an act or omission means an amount payable under section 43, 45, 46, 46.1 or 65 of the Act in respect of which a penalty was imposed under section 38, 39 or 65.1 of the Act or a warning was issued under section 41.1 of the Act or in respect of which a prosecution was undertaken under section 135 or 136 of the Act or under the Criminal Code , and includes an amount payable under section 38, 39 or 65.1 of the Act and an amount payable as a result of the judgment of a court. ( dette résultant d'un acte délictueux )
Employment Insurance Regulations — 57
57 (1) In this section, deduction means a deduction from benefits that is made by the Commission pursuant to subsection 42(3) of the Act. (2) No deduction shall be made in respect of any advance or assistance or welfare payment paid by the Government of Canada or any of its agencies, a provincial or municipal government or any other authority prescribed by this section, unless (a) an arrangement has been entered into between the Commission and the Government of Canada or any of its agencies, the provincial government or the municipal government or the prescribed authority in respect of the deduction; and (b) the person to whom the payment is made has consented pursuant to subsection 42(3) of the Act to the deduction by signing the form supplied by the Commission. (3) The Commission may at any time terminate an arrangement entered into pursuant to subsection (2). (4) The council of an Indian band, referred to as a council of the band in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act , is a prescribed authority for the purposes of subsection 42(3) of the Act.
Employment Insurance Regulations — 58
58 The national employment service maintained by the Commission under subsections 60(1) and (2) of the Act shall, for the purpose of facilitating the fullest possible integration into the Canadian work force of persons who need assistance in competing in the labour market, in cooperation with interested public authorities, employers, unions and organizations representing industries and industrial sectors, (a) collect and analyse the available information on the situation of the labour market, including information on labour market supply and demand, the economic and employment situations of individuals, families and communities, career and learning trends, and social and community conditions, and its probable evolution, both in Canada as a whole and in different industries, occupations and areas; (b) make that information available systematically and promptly to interested public authorities, the employers' and workers' organizations concerned and the general public; (c) help workers find suitable employment by (i) making available to them information on employment opportunities locally, regionally and nationally, including information on specific job openings as well as general information on careers and occupations that are in demand in the labour market and the educational and skill requirements for those careers or occupations, (ii) where appropriate, referring them to other sources of labour market information such as social service agencies and community employment services organizations, (iii) obtaining from workers seeking employment such information as is necessary to effect proper referrals to employment opportunities within Canada and abroad, (iv) in accordance with local community-based service and client targeting strategies, interviewing and counselling workers, when necessary, to assess their employment needs and assist them to develop action plans in order to address those needs, and (v) providing them with information on the availability of special assistance where they are experiencing particular difficulty obtaining or keeping employment; and (d) help employers find suitable workers by (i) obtaining from them information on job vacancies and such information as is necessary to effect proper referrals of workers to the employers, (ii) advising them on various ways to meet their employment needs, and (iii) making available to them information on workers searching for employment.
Employment Insurance Regulations — 59
59 The national employment service shall be made available at no cost to all workers whether insured or not or whether they are claiming unemployment benefits or not, and to all employers, workers' organizations and interested public and private organizations providing employment assistance services to workers.
Employment Insurance Regulations — 60
60 The definition in this section applies to this Part. plan means a wage-loss plan that covers insured persons employed by an employer, and includes a Weekly Indemnity Plan, a Special Weekly Indemnity Plan, a Cumulative Paid Sick Leave Plan and an Enhanced Cumulative Paid Sick Leave Plan referred to in sections 63, 64, 65 and 66, respectively. ( régime )
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plan means a wage-loss plan that covers insured persons employed by an employer, and includes a Weekly Indemnity Plan, a Special Weekly Indemnity Plan, a Cumulative Paid Sick Leave Plan and an Enhanced Cumulative Paid Sick Leave Plan referred to in sections 63, 64, 65 and 66, respectively. ( régime )
Employment Insurance Regulations — 61
61 This Part applies where insured persons, who are employed by an employer and are covered by a plan that meets the requirements of section 63, 64, 65 or 66, benefit from a reduction of the employer's premium in an amount at least equal to five-twelfths of the reduction.
Employment Insurance Regulations — 62
62 (1) Subject to subsection (2), an employer's premium rate fixed under section 68 of the Act shall be reduced, in respect of insured persons employed by that employer who are covered by a plan that meets the requirements of section 63, 64, 65 or 66 and is a qualifying plan pursuant to subsection 67(3), by the percentage by which (a) the experience cost ratio calculated under subsection (3) in respect of each category of insured persons covered by such a plan is less than (b) the first payer cost ratio calculated under subsection (4) for all insured persons. (2) An employer's premium rate fixed under section 68 of the Act shall not be reduced in respect of (a) an insured person who is not covered under a plan; (b) an insured person who is covered under a plan that does not meet the requirements of section 63, 64, 65 or 66; or (c) an insured person whose eligibility to use days of paid sick leave is deferred under a plan that meets the requirements of section 65 or 66. (3) For the purpose of determining the experience cost ratio for a year, the Commission shall, in respect of each category of insured persons covered by plans that meet the requirements of section 63, 64, 65 or 66, divide (a) the average cost of benefits paid under section 12 and paragraph 18(1)(b) of the Act to insured persons whose interruption of earnings was by reason of illness, injury or quarantine by (b) the average amount of the yearly insurable earnings for the insured persons, with both averages being taken over the three years ending concurrently with the second year preceding the year for which the calculation is made. (4) For the purpose of determining the first payer cost ratio for a year, the Commission shall, in respect of all insured persons, divide (a) the average cost of benefits that would have been paid under section 12 and paragraph 18(1)(b) of the Act to insured persons whose interruption of earnings was by reason of illness, injury or quarantine, as estimated by the Commission, if benefits payable under a group sickness or disability wage-loss indemnity plan or paid sick leave plan were disregarded for the purpose of determining benefits otherwise payable to persons under the Act, by (b) the average of the yearly insurable earnings for the insured persons, with both averages being taken over the three years ending concurrently with the second year preceding the year for which the calculation is made. SOR/2013-102, s. 20
Employment Insurance Regulations — 63
ed in employment for a wage or profit during any period for which the person claims benefits under the plan, (x) who becomes ill or is injured after having lost employment by reason of a stoppage of work attributable to a labour dispute at the place where the person was employed, if the person's right to benefits under the plan is reinstated on their return to active employment, (xi) who is an inmate of a prison or similar institution, (xii) who is not entitled to benefits payable under the Act because the person is not in Canada, (xiii) whose illness results from the use of drugs or alcohol and who is not receiving continuing treatment for the use of drugs or alcohol, (xiv) whose illness or injury, resulting from a motor vehicle accident, is covered by a provincial plan described in paragraph 35(2)(d), (xv) who is receiving a retirement pension from the employer, (xvi) who is absent from work because of plastic surgery performed solely for cosmetic purposes, except where the need for surgery is attributable to an illness or injury, or (xvii) who, in the case of a recurring disability, is receiving benefits under a group long-term disability plan that contains a reinstatement provision, where the reinstatement period under that plan does not exceed six months. SOR/2003-393, s. 11; SOR/2013-102, s. 15; SOR/2016-314, s. 5; SOR/2017-226, s. 13
Employment Insurance Regulations — 64
64 A Special Weekly Indemnity Plan shall meet the following requirements: (a) the plan must be provided or financed, in whole or in part, by an employer that is Her Majesty in right of a province, a provincial Crown corporation, a municipal authority or a public authority of a province or an institution primarily controlled, supported or financed by a province; (b) the plan must satisfy all the requirements of section 63, except the requirements of paragraphs 63(e) and (f); (c) subject to the elimination period referred to in paragraph 63(b), full benefits payable under the plan to an insured person are reinstated after one month of active employment following their most recent absence due to illness or injury; and (d) in any case not referred to in paragraph (c) and subject to the elimination period referred to in paragraph 63(b), benefits under the plan are payable with respect to the insured person's illness or injury until the earliest of (i) the end of a period of at least 52 weeks during which the benefits are paid, (ii) the end of the period of incapacity due to the illness or injury, (iii) the date the insured person retires, and (iv) the date of the insured person's separation from employment resulting from any reason other than illness or injury, where notice of the separation was given before the onset of the illness or the occurrence of the injury.