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Employment Insurance Act (S.C. 1996, c. 23)

Act current to 2024-10-30 and last amended on 2024-06-20. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Status of claimants

  •  (1) For the purposes of this Part, a claimant is unemployed and capable of and available for work during a period when the claimant is

    • (a) attending a course or program of instruction or training — at the claimant’s own expense, under an employment support measure referred to in paragraph 59(a) or under a measure that is the subject of an agreement under section 63 — to which the Commission, or an authority that the Commission designates, has referred the claimant; or

    • (b) participating in any other employment activity

      • (i) for which assistance has been provided for the claimant under a prescribed employment support measure — other than one referred to in paragraph 59(a) or (c) — or a prescribed measure that is the subject of an agreement under section 63, and

      • (ii) to which the Commission, or an authority that the Commission designates, has referred the claimant.

  • Marginal note:No appeal

    (2) A decision of the Commission about the referral of a claimant to a course, program or other employment activity mentioned in subsection (1) is not subject to review under section 112.

  • 1996, c. 23, s. 25
  • 1997, c. 26, s. 88
  • 1999, c. 31, s. 76(F)
  • 2012, c. 19, s. 242
  • 2022, c. 10, s. 392

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