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Employment Insurance Regulations — 77.994
77.994 (1) Pilot Project No. 23 is established for the purpose of testing (a) the effectiveness of a one-time credit of additional hours of insurable employment in mitigating the impact of evacuations due to natural disasters on the benefits payable to claimants under Part I of the Act; and (b) the effectiveness of using postal codes to identify the claimants to whom that credit should apply. (2) Pilot Project No. 23 applies in respect of every claimant who, at the time of making an initial claim for benefits under Part I of the Act, is ordinarily resident in an area with the postal code T0E 1E0, T0E 0C0 or R0B 1C0 if (a) a benefit period beginning no earlier than July 21, 2024 and no later than the day before the day on which this section comes into force is established in respect of the claim and does not end in accordance with paragraph 10(8)(d) of the Act before the day on which this section comes into force; or (b) the claim is made during the period beginning on the day on which this section comes into force and ending on July 19, 2025. (3) A claimant referred to in paragraph (2)(a) is deemed to have an additional 300 hours of insurable employment in their qualifying period for the benefit period referred to in that paragraph. (4) A claimant referred to in paragraph (2)(b) is deemed to have an additional 300 hours of insurable employment in their qualifying period in relation to the claim referred to in that paragraph unless (a) a benefit period was established for the claimant in respect of a previous claim referred to in that paragraph; or (b) the claimant made a previous claim in respect of which a benefit period referred to in paragraph (2)(a) was established. (5) The additional hours of insurable employment that a claimant is deemed under subsection (3) or (4) to have in their qualifying period are also to be considered hours of insurable employment for the purposes of subsection 28(4) and paragraphs 30(1)(a), 31(c) and 32(2)(c) of the Act and subsection 35(3) and subparagraph 35(7)(e)(ii) of these Regulations. SOR/2025-10, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 77.995
77.995 Pilot Project No. 24 is established for the purpose of testing the outcomes of applying certain employment insurance measures to respond to the impacts on employment of major changes in economic conditions. SOR/2025-115, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 77.996
77.996 The Commission may waive the waiting period in respect of any benefit period that begins during the period beginning on March 30, 2025 and ending on October 10, 2026. SOR/2025-115, s. 1 SOR/2025-205, s. 1 SOR/2026-64, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 77.997
77.997 The earnings paid or payable to a claimant by reason of a lay-off or separation from an employment do not constitute earnings for the purposes referred to in subsection 35(2) if (a) the claimant’s benefit period begins during the period beginning on March 30, 2025 and ending on October 10, 2026; or (b) those earnings would, but for this section, be allocated under subsections 36(9) to (11) to a number of weeks the first week of which falls within the period beginning on March 30, 2025 and ending on October 10, 2026. SOR/2025-115, s. 1 SOR/2025-205, s. 2 SOR/2026-64, s. 2
Employment Insurance Regulations — 77.998
77.998 If the later of the weeks referred to in subsection 10(1) of the Act begins during the period beginning on April 6, 2025 and ending on October 11, 2025 and the regional rate of unemployment that applies to the claimant as determined under section 17 of these Regulations is less than 13.1%, the regional rate of unemployment that applies to the claimant is deemed to be (a) 7.1%, if the rate determined under section 17 is 6.1% or less; (b) the sum of 1% and the rate determined under section 17, if the latter is greater than 6.1% and less than 12.1%; or (c) 13.1%, if the rate determined under section 17 is 12.1% or greater. SOR/2025-115, s. 1 SOR/2025-150, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 77.999
77.999 (1) In this section, long-tenured worker means a claimant who was paid less than 36 weeks of regular benefits in the 156 weeks before the beginning of their benefit period and who, according to their income tax returns for which notices of assessment have been sent by the Canada Revenue Agency, paid at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 7 of the 10 years before the beginning of their benefit period or, if their income tax return for the year before the beginning of their benefit period has not yet been filed with that Agency or a notice of assessment for that year has not yet been sent by that Agency, in 7 of the 10 years before that year. (2) A benefit period that is established in accordance with section 9 of the Act, that begins during the period beginning on June 15, 2025 and ending on October 10, 2026 and that has not ended in accordance with paragraph 10(8)(d) of the Act before the day on which this section comes into force is extended by 20 weeks if the claimant is a long-tenured worker and has been paid at least one week of regular benefits or benefits by virtue of section 25 of the Act in that benefit period. (3) In respect of any benefit period that begins during the period beginning on June 15, 2025 and ending on October 10, 2026, subsection 10(14) of the Act is adapted as follows: (14) An extension under one or more of subsections (10) to (13.02) and subsection 77.999(2) of the Employment Insurance Regulations must not result in a benefit period of more than 104 weeks. (4) If a claimant’s benefit period has been extended under subsection (2), (a) the maximum number of weeks determined under subsection 12(2) or (2.3) of the Act for which benefits may be paid to the claimant in that benefit period because of a reason other than one mentioned in subsection 12(3) of the Act is increased by 20 weeks; and (b) the reference in subsection 12(6) of the Act to 50 weeks is to be read as a reference to 70 weeks. (5) Additional weeks of benefits that are payable under this section do not cease to be payable by reason only that the claimant ceases to be a long-tenured worker during the benefit period. SOR/2025-205, s. 3 SOR/2026-64, s. 3
Employment Insurance Regulations — 78
78 (1) For the purposes of section 112 of the Act, a request for reconsideration of a decision of the Commission must be in writing and contain the following information: (a) the name of the person making the request and their (i) social insurance number or the business number assigned to them by the Minister of National Revenue, as the case may be, (ii) address and telephone number, and (iii) facsimile number and email address, if any; (b) the date on which the decision was communicated to the person; (c) the reasons why the person is requesting a reconsideration of the decision; and (d) any relevant information that was not previously provided to the Commission. (2) A request for reconsideration must be filed with the Commission at the address, facsimile number or email address — or in accordance with the electronic filing procedure — provided by the Commission on the website of the Department of Employment and Social Development. 2013, c. 40, s. 237; SOR/2013-64, s. 3
Employment Insurance Regulations — 79
79 The Commission must render decisions on requests for reconsideration without delay. SOR/2013-64, s. 3
Employment Insurance Regulations — 80
80 Benefits are not payable in accordance with a decision of the Employment Insurance Section of the Social Security Tribunal or the Employment Insurance Board of Appeal established under section 43.01 of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act if, within 21 days after the day on which a decision is given, the Commission appeals to the Appeal Division of the Social Security Tribunal on the ground that the Employment Insurance Section or the Board of Appeal, as the case may be, has erred in law. SOR/2013-64, s. 3 SOR/2025-74, s. 38
Employment Insurance Regulations — 81
81 If the Commission makes an application under the Federal Courts Act for judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division of the Social Security Tribunal, benefits are not payable in respect of the claim for benefits that is the object of the decision until the final determination of the application for judicial review. SOR/2013-64, s. 3
Employment Insurance Regulations — 82
82 (1) If either a decision of the General Division of the Social Security Tribunal that declares a provision of the Act or these Regulations to be ultra vires or a decision of the Employment Insurance Board of Appeal established under section 43.01 of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act that declares a provision of these Regulations to be ultra vires is appealed by the Commission to the Appeal Division of the Social Security Tribunal, benefits are not payable in respect of the claim for benefits that is the object of the decision — nor in respect of any other claim for benefits made after that decision, if benefits would not be payable except for that decision — until (a) the final determination of the appeal by the Appeal Division; or (b) the final determination of any application made by the Commission under the Federal Courts Act for judicial review of the final determination of the appeal by the Appeal Division, if the final determination of the appeal declares the provision of the Act or these Regulations to be ultra vires . (2) If the Commission makes an application under the Federal Courts Act for judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division of the Social Security Tribunal that declares a provision of the Act or these Regulations to be ultra vires , benefits are not payable in respect of the claim for benefits that is the object of the decision — nor in respect of any other claim for benefits made after the decision of the Appeal Division, if benefits would not be payable except for that decision — until the final determination of the application for judicial review. SOR/2013-64, s. 3 SOR/2025-74, s. 40
Employment Insurance Regulations — 88
88 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a request is made to an officer of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency under paragraph 90(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d) of the Act for a ruling on the question of whether a claimant is or was employed in insurable employment for any number of hours in a particular period of employment or alleged employment, no benefits are payable in respect of any hour that is the subject of the ruling until the later of (a) the day on which the officer's ruling on the question becomes final; and (b) the day on which (i) where an appeal from the ruling of that officer is made to the Minister of National Revenue, the decision of the Minister becomes final, (ii) where an appeal from the decision of the Minister of National Revenue is filed with the Tax Court of Canada pursuant to section 103 of the Act, the decision of the Tax Court becomes final, (iii) where an application is made to the Federal Court of Appeal pursuant to section 28 of the Federal Courts Act to review and set aside the decision of the Tax Court of Canada, the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal becomes final, or (iv) if an application is made to the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal from the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal, the final decision of the Supreme Court of Canada is given. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the claimant qualifies to receive benefits under the Act on the basis of hours of insurable employment other than the hours that are the subject of the application. 2002, c. 8, s. 182; SOR/2003-43, s. 4
Employment Insurance Regulations — 89
89 (1) Every person employed in insurable employment who is required by section 138 of the Act to have a Social Insurance Number and who has not yet applied to be registered in the register maintained by the Commission under subsection 28.1(2) of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act shall, within three days after the day on which the employment begins, apply to the Commission to be registered. (2) An employer who hires a person in insurable employment shall ask the employee, within three days after the day on which the employment begins, to inform the employer of their Social Insurance Number. (3) Every person who becomes employed in insurable employment shall, within three days after the day on which the employment begins, inform their employer of their Social Insurance Number. (4) However, a person who becomes employed in insurable employment before being registered shall inform their employer of their Social Insurance Number within three days after the day on which they receive it. (5) An employer who is unable to ascertain the Social Insurance Number of a person who becomes employed in insurable employment shall, within six days after the day on which the employment begins, report the matter to the local office of the Commission and provide it with the information necessary to identify the person. (6) In the case of a person who is employed in insurable employment, when the period of their Social Insurance Number validity has been extended, a new period of validity has been assigned to their number, or a new Social Insurance Number has been assigned to them, that person shall inform their employer of that change within three days after the day on which they are informed of that change. SOR/97-31, s. 22; SOR/2003-109, s. 1; 2013, c. 40, s. 236; SOR/2013-82, s. 17; SOR/2018-136, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 90
90 Where any information is provided to the Commission in electronic or other form for the purposes of the Act or the regulations made under the Act, it shall be provided in a form and manner approved by the Commission.
Employment Insurance Regulations — 91
91 (1) A claimant who makes an initial claim for benefits, or a claim for benefits for a week of unemployment, by telephone or other electronic means, and provides the information required by section 50 of the Act, is deemed (a) to have expressed an intention to make a claim for benefits and to have made such a claim for the purposes of section 48, 49 or 152.1 of the Act, as the case may be; and (b) to have supplied the information recorded on the dated printout from the Commission's computerized benefit pay system as responses to the questions posed by the interactive response system by telephone or other electronic means. (2) A claimant who provides their Social Insurance Number and the following information by telephone or other electronic means is deemed to have signed their respective claim for benefit: (a) in the case of an initial claim for benefits, their date of birth and, if the initial claim is made by electronic means, the maiden name of the claimant's mother; and (b) in the case of a claim for benefits for a week of unemployment, their personal identification number. (3) A claim for benefits that is made by the means referred to in subsection (1) is deemed to have been made on the day that the information is received and recorded by the Commission's computerized benefit pay system. (4) For greater certainty, sections 38 and 135 of the Act apply to a declaration made by electronic means. (5) The acts and omissions specified in subsections 38(1) and 135(1) of the Act are deemed to include the acts and omissions of a person who knowingly attempts to interfere with the operation of the electronic systems used in the administration of the Act, and the penalty provided for by subsection 38(2) of the Act and the punishment provided for by subsection 135(3) of the Act are deemed to include the right to refuse access to those electronic systems to such a person. SOR/2002-274, s. 4; SOR/2010-10, s. 29
Employment Insurance Regulations — 92
92 (1) For the purposes of this section, sections 2 and 4 to 8 of the Direct Deposit Regulations apply. (2) Subject to subsection (7), a claimant shall have their benefits deposited directly to their bank account if the claimant has provided the Commission with the number of an active account registered in the claimant's name in a financial institution in Canada. (3) A claimant is responsible for the accuracy of the data supplied by the claimant in order to register for the direct deposit of benefits. (4) In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, the following documents together constitute evidence of the transfer of funds to a claimant's account and the payment of benefits to the claimant: (a) a document certified by a person acting for the Commission to be an extract from the record authorizing a direct deposit transaction, in respect of the claimant, to be directed to the financial institution where the account of the claimant is located; and (b) a certified extract of the records of that financial institution indicating the crediting of the amount of the deposit to the account of the claimant. (5) In order to terminate the direct deposit of benefits, the claimant shall notify the Commission. (6) For greater certainty, sections 38 and 135 of the Act apply to declarations made in the context of the payment of benefits under this section. (7) The acts and omissions specified in subsections 38(1) and 135(1) of the Act are deemed to include the acts or omissions of a person who knowingly attempts to interfere with the operation of the electronic systems used for the direct deposit of benefits, and the penalty provided for by subsection 38(2) of the Act and the punishment provided for by subsection 135(3) of the Act are deemed to include the right to refuse access to those electronic systems to such a person. (8) Unless otherwise advised by the claimant, the Commission may redirect the deposit of benefits from an active account at a financial institution the number of which was provided to the Commission by the claimant to another financial institution, branch or active account number when the financial institution notifies the Commission of a change of the financial institution, branch or account number. SOR/2002-274, s. 5
Employment Insurance Regulations — 93
93 (1) An insured person who does not qualify to receive benefits under section 7 of the Act and who is claiming special benefits qualifies to receive the special benefits if the person (a) has had an interruption of earnings from employment; and (b) has had 600 or more hours of insurable employment in their qualifying period. (2) Notwithstanding section 9 of the Act, where an insured person who qualifies under subsection (1) to receive special benefits makes an initial claim for benefits, a benefit period shall be established in respect of the person and, once it is established, special benefits are payable to the person in accordance with this section for each week of unemployment that falls in the benefit period. (3) Subject to subsection (4), sections 22 to 23.3 of the Act apply to the payment of special benefits under this section. (4) Notwithstanding section 18 of the Act, a claimant is not entitled to be paid special benefits for a working day, in a benefit period established under this section, in respect of which the claimant fails to prove that on that day the claimant was (a) unable to work because of an illness, injury or quarantine referred to in subsection 40(4) or (5) and that the claimant would otherwise be available for work; or (b) entitled to benefits under section 22, 23, 23.1, 23.2 or 23.3 of the Act. (4.1) A claimant to whom benefits are payable under any of sections 23 to 23.3 of the Act and whose claim for benefits because of illness, injury or quarantine is made for a week that begins on or after the day on which this subsection comes into force is not disentitled under paragraph (4)(a) for failing to prove that they would have been available for work were it not for the illness, injury or quarantine. (5) Subject to section 18 of the Act, regular benefits and additional special benefits are payable for a week of unemployment to a claimant who has received special benefits under this section where (a) the claimant has accumulated, since the beginning of their benefit period, a number of hours of insurable employment that, when added to the number of those hours in their qualifying period, equal or exceed the number of hours set out in the table to subsection 7(2) of the Act in relation to the regional rate of unemployment that was applicable to the claimant at the beginning of their benefit period; and (b) any regular benefits or additional special benefits are payable to the claimant in that benefit period in accordance with the Act, based on the hours of insurable employment in the claimant's qualifying period. (6) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of the Act and these Regulations apply to claimants claiming benefits under this section. SOR/2000-393, s. 3; SOR/2003-393, s. 14; SOR/2013-26, s. 3; SOR/2013-102, s. 19; SOR/2014-214, s. 1; SOR/2016-206, s. 9; SOR/2017-226, s. 19
Employment Insurance Regulations — 94
94 During the period beginning on June 30, 1996 and ending on January 4, 1997, a reference to "hours" in each of the following provisions shall be read as a reference to "weeks", with such modifications as the circumstances require: (a) subsection 35(3); (b) paragraph 35(7)(e); (c) subparagraph 37(2)(c)(ii); (d) subparagraph 56(2)(b)(iv); (e) section 88; and (f) subsection 93(5).
Employment Insurance Regulations — 94.1
94.1 Where, for the purposes of the Act and in respect of a benefit period established on or after January 5, 1997, a claimant presents evidence of a week of insurable employment that occurred before January 1, 1997, that week of insurable employment shall be considered to represent 35 hours of insurable employment. SOR/97-31, s. 24
Employment Insurance Regulations — 94.2
94.2 Where, for the purposes of the Act and in respect of a benefit period established on or after January 5, 1997, a claimant presents evidence of insurable employment that occurred before January 1, 1997, (a) the weeks of insurable employment shall be considered to fall consecutively backward beginning on whichever of the following days occurred first: (i) the last day of the last pay period in 1996, and (ii) the last day of remunerated insurable employment if that day falls before the last pay period in 1996; and (b) if the number of weeks of insurable employment is (i) 20 or less, the insurable earnings are considered to be for that number of weeks, and (ii) greater than 20, the insurable earnings are considered to be for the last 20 weeks in the period of employment. SOR/97-31, s. 24
Employment Insurance Regulations — 94.3
94.3 For the purpose of providing for the transition from weeks of insurable employment to hours of insurable employment where the remuneration for the last pay period beginning in December 1996 is paid to an insured person by their employer on or after January 1, 1997, (a) the employer shall assess the insurability of the employment of that final pay period under these Regulations as they read on January 1, 1997; and (b) the claimant shall, for the purposes of sections 7 and 12 of the Act, be determined to have worked in insurable employment for the greater of (i) the number of hours provided for by section 94.1, and (ii) the number of hours actually worked in each week or part of a week of insurable employment, of the final pay period, that falls in 1996. SOR/97-31, s. 24
Employment Insurance Regulations — 94.4
94.4 Where, after January 5, 1997, section 59.1 of the Unemployment Insurance Regulations , as it read on June 29, 1996, applies and where the application of that section requires the consideration of insured weeks of employment in 1996 or earlier, section 94.1 of these Regulations shall be applied to convert those weeks in 1996 or earlier into hours and the number of weeks stipulated by paragraphs 59.1(2)(a) and (b) of the Unemployment Insurance Regulations shall be converted into an hourly equivalent by multiplying the number of weeks required by 35. SOR/97-310, s. 8