Employment Insurance Act — E-5.6 2
Definitions 2 (1) In this Act, affidavit means an affidavit sworn or affirmed before a commissioner of oaths or any other person authorized to take affidavits; ( affidavit ) benefit period means the period described in sections 9, 10, 152.1 and 152.11; ( période de prestations ) benefits means unemployment benefits payable under Part I, VII.1 or VIII; ( prestation ) board of referees [Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 240] claimant means a person who applies or has applied for benefits under this Act; ( prestataire ) Commission means the Canada Employment Insurance Commission; ( Commission ) common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year; ( conjoint de fait ) confirmed delivery service means certified or registered mail or any other delivery service that provides proof of delivery; ( service de messagerie ) documents includes money, securities, books, records, letters, telegrams, vouchers, invoices, accounts and statements (financial or otherwise); ( documents ) dwelling-house means the whole or any part of a building or structure that is kept or occupied as a permanent or temporary residence and includes (a) a building within the yard of a dwelling-house that is connected to it by a doorway or by a covered and enclosed passageway, and (b) a unit that is designed to be mobile and to be used as a permanent or temporary residence and that is being used as a residence; ( maison d’habitation ) employee’s premium means the premium that a person employed in insurable employment is required to pay under section 67; ( cotisation ouvrière ) employer includes a person who has been an employer and, in respect of remuneration of an individual referred to as sponsor or co-ordinator of a project in paragraph 5(1)(e), it includes that individual; ( employeur ) employer’s premium means the premium that an employer of an insured person is required to pay under section 68; ( cotisation patronale ) employment means the act of employing or the state of being employed; ( emploi ) employment benefits [Repealed, 2022, c. 10, s. 387] employment support measure means a measure established under section 59; ( mesure de soutien à l’emploi ) insurable earnings means the total amount of the earnings, as determined in accordance with Part IV, that an insured person has from insurable employment; ( rémunération assurable ) insurable employment has the meaning assigned by section 5; ( emploi assurable ) insured person means a person who is or has been employed in insurable employment; ( assuré ) interruption of earnings means an interruption that occurs in the earnings of an insured person or a person to whom Part VII.1 applies at any time and in any circumstances determined by the regulations; ( arrêt de rémunération ) labour dispute means a dispute between employers and employees, or between employees and employees, that is connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms or conditions of employment, of any persons; ( conflit collectif ) long-tenured worker [Repealed, 2016, c. 7, s. 207] Minister means the Minister of Employment and Social Development, except in Parts IV and VII; ( ministre ) overpayment of benefits does not include a benefit repayment as described in Part VII; ( versement excédentaire de prestations ) prescribed means prescribed by the regulations or determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the regulations; ( Version anglaise seulement ) provincial law means the provisions of any Act of the legislature of a province authorizing, or entitling a person to, the payment of benefits under a plan established by or under that Act; ( loi provinciale ) rate of unemployment means the rate of unemployment as determined from time to time in a year; ( taux de chômage ) regular benefits means benefits payable under Part I and Part VIII, but does not include special benefits or benefits by virtue of sec