Employment Insurance Regulations

77.997 The earnings paid or payable to a claimant by reason of a lay-off or separation from an employment do not constitute earnings for the purposes referred to in subsection 35(2) if

• (a) the claimant’s benefit period begins during the period beginning on March 30, 2025 and ending on April 11, 2026; or

• (b) those earnings would, but for this section, be allocated under subsections 36(9) to (11) to a number of weeks the first week of which falls within the period beginning on March 30, 2025 and ending on April 11, 2026.