Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations (SOR/96-445)

AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE

• — 2021, c. 23, s. 352(2)

  • • 352 (2) Subsection 1(1) of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

      major attachment claimant

      major attachment claimant means a claimant who qualifies to receive benefits and has $3,760 or more of insurable earnings from employment as a fisher in their qualifying period. (prestataire de la première catégorie)

      minor attachment claimant

      minor attachment claimant means a claimant who qualifies to receive benefits and has less than $3,760 of insurable earnings from employment as a fisher in their qualifying period. (prestataire de la deuxième catégorie)

• — 2021, c. 23, s. 353

  • • 353 (1) [In force]

    • (2) Paragraph 8(2)(b) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • (b) have accumulated, since the beginning of the qualifying period, not less than the amount of insurable earnings from employment as a fisher that is set out in the schedule for the unemployment rate applicable to the region where they reside.

    • (3) [In force]

    • (4) Paragraph 8(7)(b) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • (b) have accumulated, since the beginning of the qualifying period, not less than the amount of insurable earnings from employment as a fisher that is set out in the schedule for the unemployment rate applicable to the region where they reside.

• — 2021, c. 23, s. 354(2)

  • • 354 (2) Subsection 11(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • • 11 (1) Despite subsections 7.1(1) to (2.1), (6) and (7) of the Act, the amount of insurable earnings that an insured person requires under section 8 to qualify for benefits is increased to the amount set out in the applicable column of the table to this subsection if the insured person accumulates one or more violations in the 260 weeks before making an initial claim for benefits.

          	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
          Item	Regional Rate of Unemployment	Minor Violation ($)	Serious Violation ($)	Very Serious Violation ($)	Subsequent Violation ($)
          1	6% and under	5,250	6,400	7,350	8,400
          2	more than 6% but not more than 7%	5,000	6,000	7,000	8,000
          3	more than 7% but not more than 8%	4,750	5,700	6,650	7,600
          4	more than 8% but not more than 9%	4,500	5,400	6,300	7,200
          5	more than 9% but not more than 10%	4,200	5,100	5,850	6,800
          6	more than 10% but not more than 11%	3,950	4,750	5,600	6,400
          7	more than 11% but not more than 12%	3,625	4,350	5,150	5,850
          8	more than 12% but not more than 13%	3,450	4,050	4,800	5,500
          9	more than 13%	3,200	3,800	4,350	5,100

• — 2021, c. 23, s. 355

  • • 355 (1) [In force]

    • (2) Subsection 12(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • • 12 (1) An insured person who is not qualified to receive benefits under section 7 of the Act and who is claiming special benefits qualifies to receive the special benefits if the person has at least $3,760 of insurable earnings from employment as a fisher in their qualifying period.

    • (3) [In force]

    • (4) Paragraph 12(5)(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • (a) the claimant has accumulated, since the beginning of the benefit period, insurable earnings from employment as a fisher that, when added to the insurable earnings from employment as a fisher in the claimant’s qualifying period, are equal to or exceed the applicable amount of insurable earnings in employment as a fisher set out in the schedule, determined by reference to the week in which the benefit period began; and

• — 2021, c. 23, s. 358

  • 358 The Regulations are amended by adding, after section 14.5, the schedule set out in Schedule 4 to this Act.

    SCHEDULE(Paragraphs 8(2)(b) and (7)(b) and 12(5)(a))

    	Column 1	Column 2
    Item	Regional Rate of Unemployment (%)	Insurable Earnings ($)
    1	over 13	2,500
    2	more than 12 but not more than 13	2,700
    3	more than 11 but not more than 12	2,900
    4	more than 10 but not more than 11	3,200
    5	more than 9 but not more than 10	3,400
    6	more than 8 but not more than 9	3,600
    7	more than 7 but not more than 8	3,800
    8	more than 6 but not more than 7	4,000
    9	6 and under	4,200