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Originally Posted by MarchHare
This is also false. To qualify for 45 weeks of EI benefits, the minimum amount of work you have to perform is 1330 hours (33.25 weeks assuming a 40 hour work week), and that's only if your region of residence has 16% unemployment or greater. If you live in an area where the unemployment rate is equal to the national average (currently 7.3%), the maximum benefit you can receive is 40 weeks, and that's only if you previously worked for 1820 hours (45.5 weeks).
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/e...ar.shtml#long1 |
Don't know why I didn't see that chart as it was specifically what I was looking for.
Those numbers make a lot more sense to me that the other stuff I was able to find on the same page, which was obviously very vague