Employment Insurance Regulations (SOR/96-332)

41.2 For the purposes of subsections 23.1(3) and 152.06(2) of the Act, the medical certificate referred to in subsections 23.1(2) and 152.06(1) of the Act may be issued by the following persons:

• (a) if the family member in need of care or support is in a geographic location in Canada where treatment by a medical doctor is not readily available, a medical practitioner designated by a medical doctor to provide treatment to the family member;

• (b) if the family member in need of care or support is outside Canada, a medical doctor who is recognized by the appropriate governmental authority of the family member’s country and has qualifications that are substantially similar to those of a medical doctor in Canada or, if the family member in need of care or support is in a geographic location outside Canada where treatment by a medical doctor is not readily available, a medical practitioner designated by a medical doctor to provide treatment to the family member.

41.3 For the purposes of subsections 23.1(9) and 152.06(7) of the Act, the remaining weeks of unpaid benefits shall be divided as follows:

• (a) if the number of weeks of unpaid benefits equals the number of eligible claimants, each eligible claimant will be paid a week of benefits;

• (b) if the number of weeks of unpaid benefits is more than the number of eligible claimants, a week of benefits will be paid to eligible claimants in turn starting with the first family member to make a claim until all the weeks have been exhausted; or

• (c) if the number of weeks of unpaid benefits is less than the number of eligible claimants, a week of benefits will be paid to eligible claimants in turn starting with the first family member to make a claim until all the weeks have been exhausted.

42. Work-sharing benefits are payable to a claimant who is employed in work-sharing employment for each week of unemployment that falls in a benefit period established for the claimant, and subject to sections 43 to 49, the Act and any regulations made under the Act apply to the claimant, with such modifications as the circumstances require.

43. An interruption of earnings occurs, in respect of a person employed in work-sharing employment, at the beginning of the week in which there is a reduction of at least 10 per cent in the person's normal weekly earnings.

44. A claimant is not entitled to work-sharing benefits for any week for which the claimant claims benefits under section 12 of the Act.

45. Where a benefit period has been established in respect of a claimaint and for any week during that benefit period the claimant is employed in work-sharing employment, the benefit period shall be extended by the total of those weeks and subsections 10(12) to (15) of the Act apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require.