Employment Insurance Regulations - Amendments

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1. Paragraph 37(2)(d) of the Employment Insurance Regulations¹ is replaced by the following:

(d) requires that the combined weekly payments received from the plan and the portion of the weekly benefit rate from that employment do not exceed 95 per cent of the employee's normal weekly earnings from that employment;

2. The Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 37:

Maternity and Parental Plans

3. Paragraph 38(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(a) when combined with the portion of the claimant's weekly benefit rate from that employment, does not exceed that claimant's normal weekly earnings from that employment; and

4. Paragraph 38(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(a) in the case of an initial claim for benefits, their date of birth and, if the initial claim is made by electronic means, the maiden name of the claimant's mother; and

5. (1) Subsection 92(2) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(2) Subject to subsection (7), a claimant shall have their benefits deposited directly to their bank account if the claimant has provided the Commission with the number of an active account registered in the claimant's name in a financial institution in Canada.

(2) Subsections 92(5) and (6) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

(5) In order to terminate the direct deposit of benefits, the claimant shall notify the Commission.

(6) For greater certainty, sections 38 and 135 of the Act apply to declarations made in the context of the payment of benefits under this section.

(3) Section 92 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after subsection (7):

(8) Unless otherwise advised by the claimant, the Commission may redirect the deposit of benefits from an active account at a financial institution the number of which was provided to the Commission by the claimant to another financial institution, branch or account number when the financial institution notifies the Commission of a change of the financial institution, branch or account number.

COMING INTO FORCE

6. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

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¹SOR/96-332