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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 |
Eh I'm far from an expert on this,
this page here says 420 hours which is closer to 10.5 weeks, going by your table we're looking at 26 weeks in a 13% unemployment area.
Which isn't as bad as 45 weeks obviously, but even working 2.5 months and then being able to collect EI for another 6.5 is pretty unbalanced.