Employment Insurance (EI) and Violations - Fishing Benefits
To qualify for fishing benefits, fishers need to earn between $2,500 and $4,200 from self-employment in fishing in a maximum 31 week period before their claim starts. This amount varies based on the unemployment rate in your region.
To qualify for sickness, maternity, parental or compassionate care benefits, fishers need to earn $3,760.
However, if you received a notice of violation regarding prior EI benefit periods, the required amount of insurable earnings is increased and is determined as follows:
| Without violation | With violation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To find out the regional rate of unemployment for your region | Fishing benefits |
Sickness Maternity Parental Compas- sionate care benefits as a fisher |
Minor violation |
Serious violation |
Very serious violation |
Subse- quent violation |
| Number of insurable earnings | ||||||
|
6% and under |
$4,200 |
$3,760 |
$5,250 |
$6,400 |
$7,350 |
$8,400 |
|
6.1% to 7% |
$4,000 |
$3,760 |
$5,000 |
$6,000 |
$7,000 |
$8,000 |
|
7.1% to 8% |
$3,800 |
$3,760 |
$4,750 |
$5,700 |
$6,650 |
$7,600 |
|
8.1% to 9% |
$3,600 |
$3,760 |
$4,500 |
$5,400 |
$6,300 |
$7,200 |
|
9.1% to 10% |
$3,400 |
$3,760 |
$4,200 |
$5,100 |
$5,850 |
$6,800 |
|
10.1% to 11% |
$3,200 |
$3,760 |
$3,950 |
$4,750 |
$5,600 |
$6,400 |
|
11.1% to 12% |
$2,900 |
$3,760 |
$3,625 |
$4,350 |
$5,150 |
$5,850 |
|
12.1% to 13% |
$2,700 |
$3,760 |
$3,450 |
$4,050 |
$4,800 |
$5,500 |
|
More than 13% |
$2,500 |
$3,760 |
$3,200 |
$3,800 |
$4,350 |
$5,100 |
If you started to work for the first time, worked sporadically or part-time or after a long absence from the workforce, to qualify for fishing benefits fishers must earn $5,500 of insurable earnings from self-employment in fishing and $3, 760 for sickness, maternity, parental or compassionate care benefits.
However, if you received a notice of violation regarding prior EI benefit periods, the required insurable earnings increased and is determined as follows:
| Without Violation | With Violation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing benefits |
Sickness Maternity Parental Compassionate care benefits as a fisher |
Minor violation |
Serious violation |
Very serious violation |
Subsequent violation |
| Number of insurable earnings | |||||
| $5,500 | $3,760 | $6,875 | $8,250 | $8,400 | $8,400 |
