Employment Insurance Act

Marginal note:Amount of payment

• 153.10 (1) The amount of the employment insurance emergency response benefit for a week is $500.

• Marginal note:Provincial assistance — COVID-19

  (2) For greater certainty, if a claimant receives, under a provincial Act or any other provincial mechanism, a sum of money or financial aid of any type and in any form, for reasons related to COVID-19, the weekly amount of the employment insurance emergency response benefit will not be reduced or eliminated.

• Marginal note:Rate increase — family supplement

  (3) Section 16 and subsections 152.17(1) to (4) apply, with the necessary modifications, to the amount of the employment insurance emergency response benefit.