Employment Insurance Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 6 (1) In this Part,

  disentitled

  inadmissible

  disentitled means not entitled under section 13, 18, 21, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 49 or 50 or under the regulations; (inadmissible)

  disqualified

  exclu du bénéfice des prestations

  disqualified means disqualified under section 27 or 30; (exclu du bénéfice des prestations)

  initial claim for benefits

  demande initiale de prestations

  initial claim for benefits means a claim made for the purpose of establishing a claimant’s benefit period; (demande initiale de prestations)

  major attachment claimant

  prestataire de la première catégorie

  major attachment claimant means a claimant who qualifies to receive benefits and has 600 or more hours of insurable employment in their qualifying period; (prestataire de la première catégorie)

  minor attachment claimant

  prestataire de la deuxième catégorie

  minor attachment claimant means a claimant who qualifies to receive benefits and has fewer than 600 hours of insurable employment in their qualifying period; (prestataire de la deuxième catégorie)

  qualifying period

  période de référence

  qualifying period means the period described in section 8; (période de référence)

  waiting period

  délai de carence

  waiting period means the two weeks of the benefit period described in section 13. (délai de carence)

• Marginal note:Rounding off percentages or fractions

  (2) A reference in this Part to an amount equal to a percentage or fraction of earnings or benefits in a period shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of one dollar or, if the amount is equidistant from two multiples of one dollar, to the higher multiple.

• Marginal note:Hours of insurable employment

  (3) For the purposes of this Part, the number of hours of insurable employment that a claimant has in any period shall be established as provided under section 55, subject to any regulations made under paragraph 54(z.1) allocating the hours to the claimant’s qualifying period.