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Employment Insurance Regulations - Table of Provisions (Contents)

Current EI (Main) Regulations

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS

[ Interpretation | Part I | Part II | Part III | Part III.1 | Part IV |
| Part V | Part VI | Part VII | Schedule I | Schedule II |
| Schedule II.1 | Schedule II.2 | Schedule II.3 | Schedule II.4 |
| Schedule II.5 | Schedule II.6 | Schedule II.7 | Schedule III |
| Table of Concordance ]

EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REGULATIONS

Interpretation

Section 1

Employment Included in Insurable Employment

Sections 2; 3; 4; 5; 6

Employment Excluded from Insurable Employment

Sections 7; 8; 9

PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Hours of Insurable Employment - Methods of Determination

Sections 9.1; 9.2; 10; 10.1; 10.11; 10.2; 11

Prescribed Hours and Prescribed Weeks

Section 12

Average Number of Weeks for Paragraph 7.1(6)(b) of the Act

Section 13

Interruption of Earnings

Section 14

Undeclared Earnings Referred to in Subsection 19(3) of the Act

Sections 14.1; 15

Deductions for Earnings or Allowances While on a Course or Program of Instruction or Training

Section 16

Rates of Unemployment

Sections 17; 17.1

Regions

Section 18

Information Relating to Employment History

Record of Employment

Section 19

Hours of Insurable Employment for Record of Employment

Section 20

Insurable Earnings

Section 21

Allocation of Hours of Insurable Employment to the Qualifying Period

Section 22

Allocation of Insurable Earnings

Sections 23; 24; 24.1;

Exclusion of Low-earning Weeks in the Calculation of Weekly Benefit Rates

Section 24.2

Week of Benefits

Section 25

Claim for Benefits

Sections 26; 26.1

Persons with Mental Disabilities, Incapacitated Persons and Deceased Persons

Section 27

Payments in advance

Section 28

Employed Person Working a Full Working Week - Special Class

Section 29

Self-Employed Working a Full Working Week

Section 30

Employed Persons Working a Full Working Week

Section 31

Working Day

Section 32

Additional Conditions and Terms in Relation to Teachers

Section 33

Family Supplement - Rate Increase

Section 34
TABLE 1 | TABLE 2

Determination of Earnings for Benefit Purposes

Section 35

Allocation of Earnings for Benefit Purposes

Section 36

Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plans

Section 37

Maternity Leave, Leave for the Care of a Child and Compassional Care Leave Plans

Section 38

Earnings in the Waiting Period

Section 39

Waiving of the Waiting Period for Apprentices

Section 39.1

Sickness

Section 40

Pregnancy

Section 41

Compassionate Care

Sections 41.1; 41.11; 41.2; 41.3

Work-Sharing Benefits

Sections 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49

Employment Benefits

Section 50

Work-Force Reduction Process

Section 51

Prescribed Circumstances for the Purposes of Subparagraph (29)(c)(xiv) of the Act

Section 51.1

Lost of Part-Time Employment Due to Work Stoppage

Section 52
Table

Termination of Work Stoppage

Section 53

Claimants who are Inmates of an Institution

Section 54

Claimants not in Canada

Section 55
TABLE

Provision of Information

Section 55.1

Write-Off of Amounts Wrongly Paid, Penalties and Interest

Section 56

Interest on Amounts Owing to Her Majesty

Section 56.1

Deductions from Benefits for Payments to Government and Authorities

Section 57

PART II - NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

National Employment Service

Section 58; 59

PART III - REDUCTION OF PREMIUM FOR EMPLOYERS WITH WAGE-LOSS PLANS

Interpretation

Section 60

Application

Section 61

Reduction of Employer's Premium Rate

Section 62

Standards

Sections 63; 64; 65; 66; 67

Application for Reduction of Employer's Premium Rate

Sections 68; 69; 70; 71; 72; 73

Modifications of Plans

Section 74

Appeals

Section 75

Transitional Provisions

Section 76

PART III.1 - REDUCTION OF PREMIUM FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED BY A PROVINCIAL PLAN AND FOR THEIR EMPLOYERS

Division 1; Division 2; Division 3; Division 4; Division 5

PART IV - PILOT PROJECTS

Pilot Project for Exemption from the Requirement to Make Periodic Claims for Benefits for Weeks of Unemployment in the Benefit Period

Section 77

Pilot Project Extending the Benefit Period of Certain Claimants

Section 77.1

Pilot Project for the Exclusion of Low-Earnings Weeks in the Calculation of Weekly Benefit Rates

Section 77.2

Pilot Project for Calculalting Benefit Rate Based on Claimant's 14 Highest Weeks of Insurable Earnings

Section 77.3

Pilot Project Increasing Allowable Earnings from Employment While Claimant is Receiving Benefits

Section 77.4

Pilot Project Providing Increased Access to Employment and Unemployment Benefits for New Entrants and Re-entrants

Section 77.5

Pilot Project Relating to Extended Benefits

Section 77.6

PART V - ADMINISTRATION PROVISIONS

Boards of Referees

Section 78

Appeals to a Board of Referees

Section 79

Hearings before a Board of Referees

Section 80; 81

Investigation and Report

Section 82

Decision of a Board of Referees

Section 83

Suspension of Benefits Pending Appeal

Section 84

Appeals to the Umpire

Section 85

Hearings before the Umpire

Section 86

Decision of the Umpire

Section 87

Payment of Benefits Pending a Coverage Decision

Section 88

Social Insurance Numbers

Section 89

Electronic Systems

Section 90; 91

Direct Deposit of Benefits

Section 92

PART VI - ALTERNATE ACCESS TO SPECIAL BENEFITS

Alternate Access to Special Benefits

Section 93

PART VII - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND COMING INTO FORCE

Transitional Provisions

Sections 94; 94.1; 94.2; 94.3; 94.4

Coming into Force

Section 95

SCHEDULE I

SCHEDULE II

SCHEDULE II.1

SCHEDULE II.2

SCHEDULE II.3

SCHEDULE II.4

SCHEDULE II.5

SCHEDULE II.6

SCHEDULE II.7

SCHEDULE III

TABLE OF CONCORDANCE