Employment Insurance Regulations - Part I - Unemployment Benefits

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PART I

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Payments in Advance

28. The Commission may pay benefits for a week of unemployment to a claimant in advance of the customary time for paying benefits where

  1. (a) that unemployment arises from the occurrence of a fire, flood, hurricane, epidemic or other natural disaster or act of God at the factory, workshop or other premises or in the area where the claimant is employed;
  2. that week of unemployment is
    1. the week in which Christmas Day falls or the week that precedes the week in which Christmas Day falls, or
    2. a week during which the claimant is attending a course or program, referred to in paragraph 25(1)(a) of the Act, that is an apprenticeship course or apprenticeship program; or
  3. there is, or is anticipated to be, a disruption of electrical service, electronic processes or telecommunications that will prevent the processing of claims for benefits in the normal manner and in a timely fashion. SOR/2000-16, s. 1. 

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