Is a teacher entitled to employment insurance benefits during the summer, winter and spring break?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from J. C. v Canada Employment Insurance Commission, 2018 SST 1061 (CanLII):
Teachers are not entitled to receive employment insurance benefits other than pregnancy or parental benefits during the summer, winter, and spring non-teaching periods unless they meet certain conditions (subsection 33(1), Regulations). The purpose of the employment insurance scheme is to pay benefits to those who are “truly unemployed” and seeking work. Teachers are not “truly unemployed” during school breaks, and so they are not entitled to benefits (Oliver v. Canada (Attorney General), 2003 FCA 98).
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