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

Marginal note:Deduction for excluded days in waiting period

• 20 (1) If a claimant is not entitled to receive benefits for a working day in their waiting period, an amount equal to 1/5 of their weekly rate of benefits for each such working day shall be deducted from the benefits payable for the three weeks described in subsection 19(1).

• Marginal note:Deduction for excluded days not in waiting period

  (2) If a claimant is disentitled from receiving benefits for a working day in a week of unemployment that is not in their waiting period, an amount equal to 1/5 of their weekly rate of benefits for each such working day shall be deducted from the benefits payable for that week.