Employment Insurance Act

Marginal note:Eligibility

• 153.9 (1) A claimant is eligible for the employment insurance emergency response benefit

  • (a) if they

    • (i) reside in Canada,

    • (ii) are at least 15 years of age,

    • (iii) have insurable earnings of at least $5,000 in 2019 or in the 52 weeks preceding the day on which they make the claim under section 153.8,

    • (iv) whether employed or self-employed, cease working for at least seven consecutive days within the two-week period in respect of which they claimed the benefit, and

    • (v) have no income from employment or self-employment in respect of the consecutive days on which they cease working; or

  • (b) are a claimant referred to in paragraph 153.5(2)(b).

• Marginal note:Ineligibility

  (2) A claimant is not eligible if,

  • (a) they receive, under this Act, a benefit other than the employment insurance emergency response benefit;

  • (b) they receive allowances, money or other benefits paid under a provincial plan

    • (i) because of pregnancy, or

    • (ii) because the claimant is caring for one or more of their new-born children, or one or more children placed with them for the purpose of adoption; or

  • (c) they receive or did receive an income support payment under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act.

• Marginal note:Exclusion

  (3) A claimant does not cease working for the purpose of subsection (1) if they leave their employment voluntarily.