Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles - Chapter 1

Limit 1:	Maximum number of weeks of self-employment benefits payable	References
1.1	subject to the maximum number of weeks of regular benefits; benefits are payable for each week of unemployment that falls in a benefit period during which the person is employed under an approved self-employment agreement.	EIA 25(1)(b)(i), EIA 59, EIR 50(b).
Limit 2:	Maximum period during which self-employment benefits may be paid	References
2.1	during the benefit period, which may not exceed 52 weeks in length;	EIA 10(2).
2.2	during the benefit period extended by the number of weeks (up to a maximum possible of 52 additional weeks) in respect of which the person was not entitled to benefit by reason of being: confined in a jail; in receipt of earnings paid by reason of the complete severance of the relationship with the former employer; in receipt of workers' compensation payments for an injury; in receipt of compensation for the withdrawal of services. The extension(s) may not result in a benefit period greater than 104 weeks.	EIA 10(10), 10(14)