Employment Insurance Regulations - Amendments

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1. (1) Section 40 of the Employment Insurance Regulations¹ is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) Despite subsection (1), if either of the following circumstances occur in respect of a quarantine, a claimant need only provide the Commission with a declaration that a period of quarantine was

(a) imposed on the claimant by a public health official for the health and safety of the public at large; or
(b) recommended by such an official for the health and safety of the public at large and the claimant was asked by their employer, a medical doctor, a nurse or another similar person in authority to place themself under quarantine.

(2) Section 40 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after subsection (6):

(7) The Commission may waive the waiting period in respect of the benefit period of a claimant if

(a) the claimant qualifies to receive benefits in that benefit period by reason of an interruption of earnings as described in subsection 14(2); and
(b) the quarantine arises from circumstances set out in paragraph (1.1)(a) or (b).

(8) Subsections (1.1) and (7) apply to a claimant for any benefit period

(a) that begins on or after the day on which this subsection comes into force; or
(b) that has not ended before the day on which this subsection comes into force, but only for weeks of benefits commencing with the week during which this subsection comes into force.

(9) Subsections (1.1), (7) and (8) shall cease to have effect six months after the day on which this subsection comes into force.

2. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

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¹SOR/96-332