Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles

1.1.0   AUTHORITY

• 1.1.1     Summary
• 1.1.2     Application
• 1.1.3     Determination of Questions
• 1.1.4     Purpose of Unemployment Benefits
• 1.1.5     Types of Benefits
• 1.1.6     Payment of Benefits

1.2.0   ESTABLISHING A BENEFIT PERIOD

• 1.2.1     Qualifying Period
• 1.2.2     Insurable Employment
• 1.2.3     New Entrant or Re-Entrant
• 1.2.4     Special Benefits for New Entrant or Re-Entrant
  1.2.5     Regular Qualifier—Claimant other than a New Entrant
              or Re-Entrant
• 1.2.6     Increased Entrance Requirement Sanction
• 1.2.7     Attachment to the Labour Force—Prescribed Hours
• 1.2.8     Regional Rate of Unemployment
• 1.2.9     Ordinary Residence
• 1.2.10   Categories of Claimants

1.3.0   EXTENSION OF QUALIFYING PERIOD

• 1.3.1     Grounds for Extension
• 1.3.2     Other Reasons for Not Being Employed in Insurable
              Employment
• 1.3.3     Calculation of Extension
• 1.3.4     Incapacity for Work
• 1.3.5     Confinement in a Prison or Similar Institution
• 1.3.6     Referred to a Course or Other Related Employment
              Activity by an HRSDC Designated Authority
• 1.3.7     Payments for Preventative Withdrawal of Work

1.4.0   BENEFIT PERIOD STRUCTURE

• 1.4.1     Commencement
• 1.4.2     Number of Weeks of Benefit
• 1.4.3     Termination
• 1.4.4     Early Termination
• 1.4.5     Cancellation

1.5.0   EXTENSION OF BENEFIT PERIOD

• 1.5.1     Grounds for Extension
• 1.5.2     Other Reasons for Disentitlement
• 1.5.3     Calculation of Extension
• 1.5.4     Confinement in a Prison or Similar Institution
• 1.5.5     Workers Compensation Payments
• 1.5.6     Payments for Preventative Withdrawal of Work
• 1.5.7     Allocation of Monies
• 1.5.8     Grounds for Extension when Special Benefits are Claimed

1.6.0   DISQUALIFICATION

• 1.6.1     Grounds for Disqualification
• 1.6.2     Effect of Disqualification
• 1.6.3     Length of Disqualification
• 1.6.4     Employment About to Terminate
• 1.6.5     Refusal of Employment of Short Duration
• 1.6.6     Part-time Employment
• 1.6.7     Course, or Other Employment Related Activity, or short Duration or About to End

1.7.0   DISENTITLEMENT

• 1.7.1     Effect of Disentitlement
• 1.7.2     Grounds for Disentitlement
• 1.7.3     Length of Disentitlement

1.8.0   WAITING PERIOD

• 1.8.1     Application
• 1.8.2     Commencement of Waiting Period
• 1.8.3     Effect of Waiting Period
• 1.8.4     Days of Disentitlement
• 1.8.5     Earnings in Waiting Period

1.9.0   PAYMENT OF BENEFIT

• 1.9.1     Continuing Claim Required
• 1.9.2     Rate Calculation Period (RCP)
• 1.9.3     Weekly Rate of Benefit
• 1.9.4     Decrease in the Benefit Rate—Intensity Rule
• 1.9.5     Increase in the Benefit Rate
• 1.9.6     Benefit Paid Defined
• 1.9.7     Repayment of Benefits
• 1.9.8     Allowable Earnings
• 1.9.9     Days of Disentitlement
• 1.9.10   Unpaid Wages
• 1.9.11   Claim for More than One Type of Benefits