EI question....

[Larry_Fyne]

I have never been on EI so when an ex-coworker asked me this question, I had no answer. Maybe someone here has the answer.

Person in question has been laid-off since mid-December. She has been receiving benefits since then while looking for work.

She has an opportunity to take a short-term contract (2 months - 2 1/2 months max). Knowing that the contract is short term, she would be unemployed when it's over. Can she suspend EI benefits for the duration of the contract? Does she have to reapply when the contract is up? What about the number of weeks she must be employed before applying?

Sort of a double edge sword. If 10 weeks of work screws up the EI eligibility.

 

[masterchief]

If her claim is still valid and there are weeks left, all she has to do is keep filing her EI reports, stating that she is currently working. Once the contract is up she can go back to receiving benefits without any delay. She won't lose the weeks of eligibility while working, because she wont hae taken any EI benefits during it.

The weeks of eligibility don't matter yet since she'll still be on the terms of the exisiting EI claim. The hours worked on the short term job would then go towards an future EI claims she may or may not file.