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Employment Insurance Regulations — 6
6 Employment in any of the following employments, unless it is excluded from insurable employment by any provision of these Regulations, is included in insurable employment: (a) employment of a union member by the member's union in conducting union business, other than picketing in a labour dispute; (b) employment of a person as an apprentice or trainee, notwithstanding that the person does not perform any services for their employer; (c) employment of a person as a member of the clergy or as a member of a religious order; (d) employment of a person in a barbering or hairdressing establishment, where the person (i) provides any of the services that are normally provided in such an establishment, and (ii) is not the owner or operator of the establishment; (e) employment of a person as a driver of a taxi, commercial bus, school bus or any other vehicle that is used by a business or public authority for carrying passengers, where the person is not the owner of more than 50 per cent of the vehicle or the owner or operator of the business or the operator of the public authority; (f) employment of a person who holds an office, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Pension Plan , (i) in or under any department or other portion of the federal public administration set out in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V to the Financial Administration Act , (ii) where the person is appointed and remunerated under an Act governing the public service of a province, the government of which has, pursuant to subsection 2(1), agreed to insure all of its employees, (iii) where the person holds the office in or under a corporation, commission or other body that is an agent of Her Majesty in right of a province referred to in subparagraph (ii), or (iv) where the person holds the office in a union or an association of unions to which the person was elected by popular vote, or was elected or appointed to that office in the union or association in a representative capacity, and that employment is not included in insurable employment by paragraph (a); and (g) employment of a person who is placed in that employment by a placement or employment agency to perform services for and under the direction and control of a client of the agency, where that person is remunerated by the agency for the performance of those services. SOR/97-31, s. 1; SOR/2009-266, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 7
7 The following employments are excluded from insurable employment: (a) [Repealed, SOR/97-310, s. 1] (b) employment of a person who is a member of a religious order, if the person has taken a vow of poverty and the person's remuneration is paid directly, or by that person, to the order; (c) employment in respect of which premiums are payable under (i) the unemployment insurance law of any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, by reason of the Agreement between Canada and the United States Respecting Unemployment Insurance , signed on March 6 and 12, 1942, or (ii) the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act of the United States; (d) employment in Canada of a person who resides in a country other than Canada, if premiums are payable in respect of services performed by the person in Canada under the unemployment insurance laws of that other country; (e) employment of a person for the purpose of a rescue operation, if the person is not regularly employed by the employer who employs them for that purpose; and (f) 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 (i) help insured participants start businesses or become self-employed, or (ii) provide insured participants with employment opportunities through which they can gain work experience to improve their long-term employment prospects. SOR/97-310, s. 1 SOR/2026-18, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 8
8 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), the following employments are excluded from insurable employment: (a) employment of a person by an employer, other than as an entertainer, in connection with a circus, fair, parade, carnival, exposition, exhibition or other similar activity if the person (i) is not regularly employed by that employer, and (ii) is employed by that employer in that employment for less than seven days in a year; and (b) [Repealed, SOR/98-588, s. 1] (c) employment of a person by Her Majesty in right of Canada, the government of a province, a municipality or a school board in connection with a referendum or election to public office if the person (i) is not regularly employed by that employer, and (ii) is employed by that employer in that employment for less than 35 hours in any year after 1998. (2) Where an employment that has been excluded from insurable employment under paragraph (1)(a) or (c) becomes a regular employment, the employment is insurable employment beginning on the day or at the hour, as the case may be, that the employment became a regular employment. (3) Where a person has been employed by the same employer in one or more employments that have been excluded from insurable employment under paragraph (1)(a) and the total period of those employments exceeds six days in the same year, the employments, taken together, are insurable employment beginning on the day when the total period of employment began. (4) Where a person has been employed by the same employer in one or more employments that have been excluded from insurable employment under paragraph (1)(c) and the total period of those employments exceeds 34 hours in the same year, the employments, taken together, are insurable employment beginning at the hour when the total period of employment began. SOR/98-588, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 9
9 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section. agriculture means the operations of farming that are carried out for the benefit of any person who is a farmer and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes (a) where carried out on a farm (i) clearing land for cultivation, (ii) cultivation of the soil, (iii) conservation of the soil, including the construction, maintenance and operation of tile drainage systems, ditches, canals, reservoirs or waterways exclusively for the purposes of farming, (iv) harvesting, storing or grading any natural product of farming, (v) preparing land for the growing and harvesting of wild berries, (vi) raising bees and producing honey, (vii) breeding or raising animals or birds, or producing eggs, (viii) dairy farming and the processing of milk, butter or cheese that is produced on that farm, and (ix) producing maple sap, maple syrup or maple sugar; and (b) where carried out on or off a farm (i) offering for sale or selling any of the products of the operations referred to in subparagraphs (a) (i) to (ix), if the offering for sale or selling is incidental to those operations, and (ii) exhibiting, advertising, assembling, freezing, storing, grading, preparing, processing, packing and transporting the products described in subparagraph (i), if those operations are incidental to the offering for sale or selling described in that subparagraph. ( agriculture ) agricultural enterprise means the business of agriculture carried on for the benefit of any person who is a farmer. ( entreprise agricole ) horticulture means the following operations and includes all the services incidental to the carrying out of those operations, if the services are performed at the place where the operations are carried on: (a) the propagating, producing, raising or harvesting of (i) vegetables, flowers, shrubs or ornamental grasses, and (ii) seeds, seedlings, grafts or cuttings of vegetables, flowers, shrubs or ornamental grasses; and (b) landscape gardening where it is incidental to the carrying out of (i) any of the operations described in paragraph (a), or (ii) agriculture. ( horticulture ) (2) The employment of a person by an employer in agriculture, an agricultural enterprise or horticulture that would otherwise be insurable is excluded from insurable employment if the person is employed by the employer in that employment for (a) less than seven days in a year; or (b) seven days or more in a year and is not remunerated in cash by the employer for any part of that employment. SOR/97-31, s. 2
Employment Insurance Regulations — (a)
agriculture means the operations of farming that are carried out for the benefit of any person who is a farmer and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes (a) where carried out on a farm (i) clearing land for cultivation, (ii) cultivation of the soil, (iii) conservation of the soil, including the construction, maintenance and operation of tile drainage systems, ditches, canals, reservoirs or waterways exclusively for the purposes of farming, (iv) harvesting, storing or grading any natural product of farming, (v) preparing land for the growing and harvesting of wild berries, (vi) raising bees and producing honey, (vii) breeding or raising animals or birds, or producing eggs, (viii) dairy farming and the processing of milk, butter or cheese that is produced on that farm, and (ix) producing maple sap, maple syrup or maple sugar; and (b) where carried out on or off a farm (i) offering for sale or selling any of the products of the operations referred to in subparagraphs (a) (i) to (ix), if the offering for sale or selling is incidental to those operations, and (ii) exhibiting, advertising, assembling, freezing, storing, grading, preparing, processing, packing and transporting the products described in subparagraph (i), if those operations are incidental to the offering for sale or selling described in that subparagraph. ( agriculture )
Employment Insurance Regulations — Employment Insurance Regulations
agricultural enterprise means the business of agriculture carried on for the benefit of any person who is a farmer. ( entreprise agricole )
Employment Insurance Regulations — (a)
horticulture means the following operations and includes all the services incidental to the carrying out of those operations, if the services are performed at the place where the operations are carried on: (a) the propagating, producing, raising or harvesting of (i) vegetables, flowers, shrubs or ornamental grasses, and (ii) seeds, seedlings, grafts or cuttings of vegetables, flowers, shrubs or ornamental grasses; and (b) landscape gardening where it is incidental to the carrying out of (i) any of the operations described in paragraph (a), or (ii) agriculture. ( horticulture )
Employment Insurance Regulations — 9.001
9.001 For the purposes of subsection 50(8) of the Act, the criteria for determining whether the efforts that the claimant is making to obtain suitable employment constitute reasonable and customary efforts are the following: (a) the claimant’s efforts are sustained; (b) the claimant’s efforts consist of (i) assessing employment opportunities, (ii) preparing a resumé or cover letter, (iii) registering for job search tools or with electronic job banks or employment agencies, (iv) attending job search workshops or job fairs, (v) networking, (vi) contacting prospective employers, (vii) submitting job applications, (viii) attending interviews, and (ix) undergoing evaluations of competencies; and (c) the claimant’s efforts are directed toward obtaining suitable employment. SOR/2012-261, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 9.002
9.002 (1) For the purposes of paragraphs 18(1)(a) and 27(1)(a) to (c) and subsection 50(8) of the Act, the criteria for determining what constitutes suitable employment are the following: (a) the claimant’s health and physical capabilities allow them to commute to the place of work and to perform the work; (b) the hours of work are not incompatible with the claimant’s family obligations or religious beliefs; and (c) the nature of the work is not contrary to the claimant’s moral convictions or religious beliefs. (d) to (f) [Repealed, SOR/2016-162, s. 1] (2) and (3) [Repealed, SOR/2017-27, s. 1] SOR/2012-261, s. 1; SOR/2013-102, s. 2; SOR/2016-162, s. 1; SOR/2017-27, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 9.01
9.01 The notice referred to in subsection 152.02(4) of the Act that the individual gives to the Commission to terminate the agreement shall be given in writing. SOR/2010-10, s. 2
Employment Insurance Regulations — 9.02
9.02 The withdrawal of the notice referred to in paragraph 152.02(6)(b) of the Act shall be given to the Commission in writing. SOR/2010-10, s. 2
Employment Insurance Regulations — 9.1
9.1 Where a person's earnings are paid on an hourly basis, the person is considered to have worked in insurable employment for the number of hours that the person actually worked and for which the person was remunerated. SOR/97-31, s. 3
Employment Insurance Regulations — 9.2
9.2 Subject to section 10, where a person's earnings or a portion of a person's earnings for a period of insurable employment remains unpaid for the reasons described in subsection 2(2) of the Insurable Earnings and Collection of Premiums Regulations , the person is deemed to have worked in insurable employment for the number of hours that the person actually worked in the period, whether or not the person was remunerated. SOR/97-310, s. 2
Employment Insurance Regulations — 10
10 (1) Where a person's earnings are not paid on an hourly basis but the employer provides evidence of the number of hours that the person actually worked in the period of employment and for which the person was remunerated, the person is deemed to have worked that number of hours in insurable employment. (2) Except where subsection (1) and section 9.1 apply, if the employer cannot establish with certainty the actual number of hours of work performed by a worker or by a group of workers and for which they were remunerated, the employer and the worker or group of workers may, subject to subsection (3) and as is reasonable in the circumstances, agree on the number of hours of work that would normally be required to gain the earnings referred to in subsection (1), and, where they do so, each worker is deemed to have worked that number of hours in insurable employment. (3) Where the number of hours agreed to by the employer and the worker or group of workers under subsection (2) is not reasonable or no agreement can be reached, each worker is deemed to have worked the number of hours in insurable employment established by the Minister of National Revenue, based on an examination of the terms and conditions of the employment and a comparison with the number of hours normally worked by workers performing similar tasks or functions in similar occupations and industries. (4) Except where subsection (1) and section 9.1 apply, where a person's actual hours of insurable employment in the period of employment are not known or ascertainable by the employer, the person, subject to subsection (5), is deemed to have worked, during the period of employment, the number of hours in insurable employment obtained by dividing the total earnings for the period of employment by the minimum wage applicable, on January 1 of the year in which the earnings were payable, in the province where the work was performed. (5) In the absence of evidence indicating that overtime or excess hours were worked, the maximum number of hours of insurable employment which a person is deemed to have worked where the number of hours is calculated in accordance with subsection (4) is seven hours per day up to an overall maximum of 35 hours per week. (6) Subsections (1) to (5) are subject to section 10.1. (7) [Repealed, SOR/97-31, s. 4] SOR/97-31, s. 4; SOR/2002-377, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 10.01
10.01 (1) If a person is required under their contract of employment to be available for a certain period awaiting a request from their employer to work, the hours during that period are deemed to be hours of insurable employment if the person is paid for those hours at a rate equivalent or superior to the remuneration that would be paid if the person had actually worked during that period. (2) Despite subsection (1), if a person is required by their employer under their contract of employment to be present at the employer's premises for a certain period in case their services are required, the hours during that period are deemed to be hours of insurable employment if the person is paid for those hours. SOR/2002-377, s. 2
Employment Insurance Regulations — 10.1
10.1 (1) Where an insured person is remunerated by the employer for a period of paid leave, the person is deemed to have worked in insurable employment for the number of hours that the person would normally have worked and for which the person would normally have been remunerated during that period. (2) Where an insured person is remunerated by the employer for a period of leave in the form of a lump sum payment calculated without regard to the length of the period of leave, the person is deemed to have worked in insurable employment for the lesser of (a) the number of hours that the person would normally have worked and for which the person would normally have been remunerated during the period, and (b) the number of hours obtained by dividing the lump sum amount by the normal hourly rate of pay. (3) Where an insured person is remunerated by the employer for a non-working day and (a) works on that day, the person is deemed to have worked in insurable employment for the greater of the number of hours that the person actually worked and the number of hours that the person would normally have worked on that day; and (b) does not work on that day, the person is deemed to have worked in insurable employment for the number of hours that the person would normally have worked on that day. SOR/97-31, s. 5
Employment Insurance Regulations — 10.11
10.11 For the purpose of section 10.1, the amounts that are excluded from an insured person’s earnings from insurable employment by subsection 2(3) of the Insurable Earnings and Collection of Premiums Regulations shall not be taken into account in determining the person’s hours of insurable employment. SOR/2005-274, s. 1
Employment Insurance Regulations — 10.2
10.2 For the purposes of sections 9.1, 10, 10.01, 10.1 and 22, (a) an hour of work performed in insurable employment is considered to be a single hour of insurable employment, even if the hour is remunerated at an overtime rate of pay; and (b) if the addition of hours of insurable employment falling between the first day and the last day worked in a given period of employment results in a total number of hours that contains a fraction of an hour, the fraction shall be counted as a whole hour. SOR/97-31, s. 5; SOR/2002-377, s. 3
Employment Insurance Regulations — 11
11 (1) Where an insured person is employed on a full-time basis for and remunerated for less than 35 hours per week in an occupation in which the maximum number of hours of full-time work per week is limited by federal or provincial statutes or regulations made under those statutes to less than 35 hours, the insured person is deemed to be employed in insurable employment for 35 hours per week. (2) Subject to section 10, (a) an insured person who is a member of the Canadian Forces on full-time service or of a police force and is required to be available on standby outside of their regularly scheduled hours of work is deemed to be employed in insurable employment for 35 hours per week; and (b) an insured person who is a member of the reserve force and is paid the rate of pay for (i) each period of duty or training of less than 6 hours is deemed to be employed in insurable employment for 3 1/2 hours per period, or (ii) each period of duty or training of not less than 6 hours and not more than 24 hours is deemed to be employed in insurable employment for 7 hours per period to a maximum of 35 hours of insurable employment per week. SOR/97-310, s. 3
Employment Insurance Regulations — 11.1
11.1 (1) The amount of self-employed earnings referred to in subparagraph 152.07(1)(d)(i) of the Act shall be adjusted annually on a compound basis, beginning on January 1, 2012, by the ratio referred to in paragraph 4(2)(b) of the Act. (2) If the ratio referred to in subsection (1) is less than 1.0 and would result in an adjusted amount of less than $6,000, the ratio is deemed to be 1.0. (3) If the adjusted amount calculated in accordance with subsections (1) and (2) is not a multiple of one dollar, that amount shall be rounded down to the nearest dollar. SOR/2010-10, s. 4
Employment Insurance Regulations — 13
13 (1) For the purpose of paragraph 7.1(6)(b) of the Act, the average number of weeks of regular benefits of a claimant is the maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid to the claimant under section 8 of the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations or subsection 12(2) of the Act, less the number of weeks of benefits paid to the claimant, including the weeks of benefits used to establish the overpayment under paragraph 7.1(6)(a) of the Act, with the result divided by two. (2) For the purposes of paragraph 152.07(3)(b) of the Act, a self-employed person’s average number of weeks of benefits is the maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid to them under subsection 152.14(1) of the Act, less the number of weeks of benefits paid to them, including the weeks of benefits used to establish the overpayment referred to in paragraph 152.07(3)(a) of the Act, with the result divided by two. SOR/97-31, s. 7; SOR/2010-10, s. 6