Employment Insurance Regulations

16 (1) Subject to subsection (2), an amount equal to the total amount of any allowances payable to a claimant for attending a course or program of instruction or training, other than a course or program to which the Commission or an authority designated by the Commission has referred the claimant, shall be deducted from the benefits payable to the claimant in respect of any week of unemployment

• (a) during which the claimant is attending the course or program; and

• (b) for which the allowances are payable.

(2) The allowances referred to in subsection (1) do not include

• (a) any amounts paid to the claimant for dependant care, travel, commuting, living away from home or disability; or

• (b) in the case of work-sharing benefits, any amounts paid to the claimant using financial assistance provided under section 61 of the Act for the purpose of implementing employment support measures in respect of claimants who are entitled to work-sharing benefits.

(3) The total amount of the earnings and allowances paid under Part II of the Act shall be deducted from the benefits payable to a claimant in respect of those weeks where the claimant

• (a) does not meet the qualifying conditions of section 7 or 7.1 of the Act or of any regulations made under Part VIII of the Act, or is disentitled or disqualified within the meaning of subsection 6(1) of the Act;

• (b) is paid earnings or allowances under Part II of the Act for certain weeks for attending a course or program of instruction or training or is paid earnings from employment for certain weeks of employment under an employment support measure referred to in paragraph 59(b) of the Act that is established to provide insured participants with employment opportunities through which they can gain work experience to improve their long-term employment prospects; and

• (c) subsequently becomes entitled to regular benefits in respect of the same weeks as those for which the amounts under paragraph (b) were paid.