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Unemployment Insurance Act Table of Contents

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AN ACT RESPECTING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IN CANADA

TABLE OF PROVISIONS
 
SHORT TITLE

1. Short Title

INTERPRETATION

2. Definitions
3. Insurable employment
4. Regulation to extend insurable employment


PART l

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS

INTERPRETATION

5.   Definitions
6.   Eligibility
7.   Qualifying period
8.   Benefit Period
9.   Commencement of benefit period
10. Week of unemployment
11. Benefit
12. Waiting Period
13. Rate of Benefit
14. Days excluded from benefit
15. Earnings in waiting period
16. Deduction for excluded days
17. Illness, etc., resulting in cessation of work
18. Pregnancy
19. Repealed (1990)
20. Parental Benefits
21. Repealed
22. Repealed
23. Repealed

WORK SHARING

24. Regulation for work sharing benefits

JOB CREATION

25. "Job Creation Project"

TRAINING

26. Course or program of instruction or training

  26.1 Development assistance regulations
  26.2 Monetary limit

27. Disqualification
28. Disqualification

  28.1 Suspension from employment
  28.2 Leave
  28.3 Anticipated loss of employment
  28.4 Suspension of disentitlement

29. Exception
30. Disqualification under Section 27

  30.1 Disqualification under Section 28

31. Labour disputes
32. Disentitlement
33. Penalty for claimants
34. Benefits not assignable
35. Liability for overpayments
36. Liability to return overpayment
37. Return of benefit by employee
38. Return of benefit by employer

CLAIM PROCEDURE

39. Claim required
40. Proof required
41. Entitlement to benefit
42. Information
43. Reconsideration of claim
44. Regulations

PART II

CONTRIBUTORY PREMIUMS INTERPRETATION

45. Earnings index
46. Base Period
47. Maximum insurable earnings

DETERMINING PREMIUMS

48. Striking the premiums rates

  48.1 1995 and 1996 rate of premium

49. Definitions
50. Employer premium rate
51. Payment of employee's premiums

PART III

COLLECTION OF PREMIUMS

INTERPRETATION

52. Definition
53. Payment of Premiums
54. Liability of directors
55. Employer`s premium not recoverable
56. Assessment
57. Recovery
58. Records and books
59. Inspections
60. protection of employer
61. Determination of question
62. Overpayment
63. Refund 

ADMINISTRATION

64. Minister`s duty
65. Application of Section 223 of the ITA
66. Application of ITA provisions
67. Receipt of premiums, etc., by banks
68. Execution of documents by corporations
69. Information or complaint

OBJECTION AND REVIEW

70. Appeal to the Tax court of Canada
71. Effect of decision
72. Decision
73. Offence and punishment
74. Officers, etc., of corporations.

REGULATIONS

75. Regulation

PART III.1

PILOT PROJECTS

75.1 Pilot projects
75.2 Electronic filing, etc.
75.3 Expiration of regulation


PART IV


BOARD OF REFEREES

76. Boards to be established
77. Umpires
78. Hearings
79. Appeals to board of referees
80. Appeal to umpire
81. Powers of umpire
82. Umpire decision final
83. Repealed
84. Repealed
85. Attendance of witnesses
86. Amendment of decision
87. Payment of benefit pending appeal
88. References
89. Determination of questions

CLAIMANT ASSISTANCE

90. Claimant assistance program
91. Interview

INVESTIGATIONS

92. Investigation by Commission

ENFORCEMENT

93.   Information or complaint
94.   Certificates
95.   Repealed
96.   Confidential information

  96.1 Exception re war crimes

97.   Privilege
98.   Default
99.   Question under Section 61
100. Question for Commission
101. Spouse as witness
102. Evidence of documents, etc.

OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENT

103. Offence
104. Offence and punishment
105. Contravention of Act.
106. Offences generally

SOCIAL INSURANCE NUMBER

107. Registration
108. Social Insurance Register
109. Change of name
110. Prohibitions
111. Reports

PART V

FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

112. Unemployment insurance account
113. Payment into C.R.F.
114. Other credits
115. Government premiums
116. Interest

  116.1  Accounts payable under Section 26.1

117. Charges on the account

  117.1  Payments pursuant to Section 26.1

118. Repealed

119. Advances

PART VI

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

120. National employment service
121. Regulation

PART VII

BENEFIT REPAYMENT

122. Definitions
123. Liability for benefit repayment
124. Returns
125. Estimate of benefit repayment
126. Application of Income Tax Act provisions
127. Responsible Minister
128. Communication of information
129. Regulations

PART VIII

SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS ENGAGED IN FISHING

130. Fisherman

RELATED PROVISIONS

 
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