Employment Insurance Regulations - Part I - Unemployment Benefits

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PART I

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

WEEK OF UNEMPLOYMENT — SELF-EMPLOYED PERSON

30.1   For the purposes of Part VII.1 of the Act, a week of unemployment for a self-employed person is, despite section 30, a week in which the person reduces the time devoted to their business activities by more than 40% of the normal level.

30.2  For the purposes of subsection 152.03(4) of the Act, a self-employed person is deemed to be not working if they are not engaged in

  1. the normal activities of their business; and
  2. the normal activities for the continuation of their business.

 SOR/2010-10, s. 12

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