Employment Insurance Act

Marginal note:Recipients of emergency response benefit

• 153.18 (1) A qualifying period mentioned in paragraph 8(1)(a) is extended by 28 weeks if the claimant

  • (a) makes the initial claim for benefits on or after September 27, 2020 or in relation to an interruption of earnings that occurs on or after that date; and

  • (b) received, during the period mentioned in that paragraph, an employment insurance emergency response benefit referred to in subsection 153.7(1) or an income support payment under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act.

• Marginal note:Limitation

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a claimant who has already had a qualifying period extended under that subsection or under this section as it read on August 29, 2020 or September 26, 2020.