Employment Insurance Regulations - Part I - Unemployment Benefits
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Current EI (Main) Regulations
PART I
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Week of Benefits
25.(1) For the purposes of subsection 7(4.1) and section 145 of the Act, a claimant is considered to have been paid a week of benefits when the total of the percentages of benefits paid for one or more weeks of unemployment equals 100.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the percentage of benefits paid for a week shall be obtained by dividing the amount of the benefits paid to the claimant for that week by the rate of weekly benefits applicable to that week.
ELECTION TO RECEIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER PART I OR VII.1 OF THE ACT
25.1 The election referred to in subsection 152.09(1) of the Act shall be made to the Commission in writing.