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... consulting with a lawyer to determine if a more generious severance is warranted. Is this wise? Secondly, would my friend be eligible for Employment Insurance? I am assuming that the "without cause" provision in the letter was an attempt to make my friend eligible for EI. Would ...
... is also coming this fall for Canadians who find themselves out of work and want to go back to school. Today, if an unemployed worker is receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, they may lose their eligibility for those benefits if they return to school or undertake training , which interferes ...
Alright, after being really confused by all of the gobbly gook from the government website, and other websites kind of help, but they are very specific and not in one place. If anyone has everything all in mind, it would be appreciated. I live in BC, so I just want to know how many weeks do we have?...
Aug 10th, 2021 11:06 pm
Hi Community, I'm a 40 year old trying to figure out if I can still try for the last baby or come to terms that it's over. My work contract (full-time 6 months) ends June 30th and will likely be going on EI at that time. I do work for myself part-time but would have to pay into EI from now to qualif...
May 6th, 2021 3:39 pm
This question is for a close family relative - he was let go with a 10 months severance (in 1 lump payment) in October last year and he applied for EI right away. While he indicated in his submission that he is receiving severance pay equivalent to 10 months pay, he was deemed eligible to receive EI...
Feb 5th, 2021 4:45 pm
I posted this question in the EI thread and nobody has answered me. How do you get to the stopped working question on the EI biweekly report online when you don’t have any hours for that period to declare Laid off at beginning of reporting period, laid off back in spring, brought back to work in sum...
Dec 17th, 2020 8:38 pm
Hey, I have never received unemployment insurance, or EI but I have been laid off, and the reason on the ROE is Lack of work. I have been working at a small grocery store on and off for years so I have gone back to working for them part time. It's only been a week and I haven't filed for EI yet, wai...
Oct 10th, 2020 12:56 pm
trying to get an idea what's the standard cost of live out nany for a standard 9-5 type of thing mon-fri?thanks
Oct 5th, 2020 1:43 pm
I am trying to understand how EI works if my wife decides to return to work early from parental leave. We are planning to go with the 'standard' option (35+5 wks) to split between us. What happens if my wife applies for the full 35 weeks of parental benefits but then decides to return to work say af...
Sep 15th, 2020 5:18 pm
How are people planning kids with everything going on? Got laid off. Unable to find work to qualify for EI maternity but running out of time at age 40. Need remote work due to health reasons and live in Alberta with the highest per capita cases of Covid-19. Feels like our family plans are completely...
Jul 21st, 2020 11:16 am
My apologies in advance if this is not the right section to post my query I was laid off in Feb and got a 6 months package. I got another job with in few weeks. However due to Covid situation, I was let go in a month. I am unsure if I can apply for EI once 6 months are over from the first terminatio...
Apr 26th, 2020 8:51 pm
https://monitor.icef.com/2020/04/country-briefing-canada-confirms-travel-exemption-and-emergency-assistance-for-eligible-international-students/Travel exemption I can understand if they're going home but EI??? And guessing that the majority of these international students are already very well off.
I got a notice said "We are not able to establish a claim for you because you did not work the required number of hours to qualify for Employment Insurance benefits." I looked up on EI website, "You will need to have accumulated between 420 and 700 hours " I got 479 hours ...
If I am offered a term extension and don’t sign it and just wait for my current term to end am I still eligible to apply for EI?
Those of you who are self-employed or consulting, do you pay E.I. premiums to insure yourselves from the impact of potential layoffs and/or loss of earnings?And would you recommend it to others?
Mar 26th, 2018 11:05 am
Hi!Got a scenario here:If I am unemployed and just started receiving Employment Insurance. If I end up finding a short term Contact work, for let say 2-3 month, can I reapply for Employment Insurance once the contact ends?
Hi RFD. I am new here, so not sure if this has been answered before or not. If thats the case, please point me to the right forum. I was working for a company for full time and recently got laid off. I have started receiving EI payments. I am thinking to start my own business. if i do start my own b...
Hey there, before I ask my question I do want to say that I did take a read through the sticky, and I even posted my question there and I haven't had any response so I thought I would post here and see if anybody could chime in on my situation. I am presently away from work for Apprenticeship traini...
Jan 21st, 2017 12:31 pm
Hi Everyone, Hopefully someone can provide me with some advice on what I should do. I finished a casual contract with the government a couple of months ago. I submitted my EI claim as soon as the contract was up. I just got a notice saying that I am not eligible to receive EI because I did not attai...
Jun 6th, 2016 9:30 am
Hi, I am on sickness benefit from EI and I am going to be travelling to the U.S. for a few days. I understand that I have to report my absence from Canada and will not be paid for those days that I am out of the country. For clarification, I will lose those few days but I don't lose benefits complet...
Mar 28th, 2016 6:21 pm