Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles
- 1.1.0 AUTHORITY
- 1.1.1 Summary
- 1.1.2 Application
- 1.1.3 Determination of Questions
- 1.1.4 Purpose of Unemployment Benefits
- 1.1.5 Types of Benefits
- 1.1.6 Payment of Benefits
- 1.2.0 ESTABLISHING A BENEFIT PERIOD
- 1.2.1 Qualifying Period
- 1.2.2 Insurable Employment
- 1.2.3 New Entrant or Re-Entrant
- 1.2.4 Special Benefits for New Entrant or Re-Entrant
- 1.2.5 Regular Qualifier—Claimant other than a New Entrant or Re-Entrant
- 1.2.6 Increased Entrance Requirement Sanction
- 1.2.7 Attachment to the Labour Force—Prescribed Hours
- 1.2.8 Regional Rate of Unemployment
- 1.2.9 Ordinary Residence
- 1.2.10 Categories of Claimants
- 1.3.0 EXTENSION OF QUALIFYING PERIOD
- 1.3.1 Grounds for Extension
- 1.3.2 Other Reasons for Not Being Employed in Insurable Employment
- 1.3.3 Calculation of Extension
- 1.3.4 Incapacity for Work
- 1.3.5 Confinement in a Prison or Similar Institution
- 1.3.6 Referred to a Course or Other Related Employment Activity by an HRSDC Designated Authority
- 1.3.7 Payments for Preventative Withdrawal of Work
- 1.4.0 BENEFIT PERIOD STRUCTURE
- 1.4.1 Commencement
- 1.4.2 Number of Weeks of Benefit
- 1.4.3 Termination
- 1.4.4 Early Termination
- 1.4.5 Cancellation
- 1.5.0 EXTENSION OF BENEFIT PERIOD
- 1.5.1 Grounds for Extension
- 1.5.2 Other Reasons for Disentitlement
- 1.5.3 Calculation of Extension
- 1.5.4 Confinement in a Prison or Similar Institution
- 1.5.5 Workers Compensation Payments
- 1.5.6 Payments for Preventative Withdrawal of Work
- 1.5.7 Allocation of Monies
- 1.5.8 Grounds for Extension when Special Benefits are Claimed
- 1.6.0 DISQUALIFICATION
- 1.6.1 Grounds for Disqualification
- 1.6.2 Effect of Disqualification
- 1.6.3 Length of Disqualification
- 1.6.4 Employment About to Terminate
- 1.6.5 Refusal of Employment of Short Duration
- 1.6.6 Part-time Employment
- 1.6.7 Course, or Other Employment Related Activity, or short Duration or About to End
- 1.7.0 DISENTITLEMENT
- 1.7.1 Effect of Disentitlement
- 1.7.2 Grounds for Disentitlement
- 1.7.3 Length of Disentitlement
- 1.8.0 WAITING PERIOD
- 1.8.1 Application
- 1.8.2 Commencement of Waiting Period
- 1.8.3 Effect of Waiting Period
- 1.8.4 Days of Disentitlement
- 1.8.5 Earnings in Waiting Period
- 1.9.0 PAYMENT OF BENEFIT
- 1.9.1 Continuing Claim Required
- 1.9.2 Rate Calculation Period (RCP)
- 1.9.3 Weekly Rate of Benefit
- 1.9.4 Decrease in the Benefit Rate—Intensity Rule
- 1.9.5 Increase in the Benefit Rate
- 1.9.6 Benefit Paid Defined
- 1.9.7 Repayment of Benefits
- 1.9.8 Allowable Earnings
- 1.9.9 Days of Disentitlement
- 1.9.10 Unpaid Wages
- 1.9.11 Claim for More than One Type of Benefits