Section 11 — Employment Insurance Act: Week of unemployment

A week of unemployment for a claimant is a week in which the claimant does not work a full working week. A week during which a claimant’s contract of service continues and in respect of which the claimant receives or will receive their usual remuneration for a full working week is not a week of unemployment, even though the claimant may be excused from performing their normal duties or does not have any duties to perform at that time. A week or part of a week during a period of leave from employment is not a week of unemployment if the employee takes the period of leave under an agreement with their employer; continues to be an employee of the employer during the period; and receives remuneration that was set aside during a period of work, regardless of when it is paid. An insured person is deemed to have worked a full working week during each week that falls wholly or partly in a period of leave if in each week the insured person regularly works a greater number of hours, days or shifts than are normally worked in a week by persons employed in full-time employment; and the person is entitled to the period of leave under an employment agreement to compensate for the extra time worked.