unemployment insurance question

[Steve Stifler]

Hey Fellow Terbites,

Question I have is....

....if a person is on a contract position for about 1 year and then gets notice that he is no longer needed once the year term is up, can he apply to get unemployment insurance?

I needs to know.

 

[Weeman13]

Yes you can. I have had contract jobs in the past and was able to receive UI. Mind you this was before they changed it to EI. Do a google search bud.

 

[toughb]

Two broad a question...

Hey Fellow Terbites,

Question I have is....

....if a person is on a contract position for about 1 year and then gets notice that he is no longer needed once the year term is up, can he apply to get unemployment insurance?

I needs to know.

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If you were on a contract and on your employers pay roll ( Ei premiums being deducted) and worked for more than 910 hours then you qualify.

Any other conditions and the answer is probably no.

 

[fuji]

Yeah, the key is, were you paying EI premiums? If you were then yes. If you weren't paying premiums then no. EI is insurance. If you weren't paying the premium into the EI fund you can't collect any benefits.

 

[toolioiep]

Hey Fellow Terbites,

Question I have is....

....if a person is on a contract position for about 1 year and then gets notice that he is no longer needed once the year term is up, can he apply to get unemployment insurance?

I needs to know.

Here's a thought - call HRDC. Seeing as how they are the people that actually make the decision, they might be able to offer some insight or - god forbid - the answer.

If you really needed to know you would call the people that can give you a definitive answer, and not ask a bunch of strangers on an escort board.

 

[Malibook]

Probably not.
Why would a company want to pay employee and employer EI premiums for a contract worker?
A significant reason why many employers hire people for a contract is so they don't have to pay EI premiums, vacation, severance, and benefits, plus it is easier on the accounting.

 

[tboy]

Probably not.
Why would a company want to pay employee and employer EI premiums for a contract worker?
A significant reason why many employers hire people for a contract is so they don't have to pay EI premiums, vacation, severance, and benefits, plus it is easier on the accounting.

Exactly.....

If he wasn't listed as a full time employee he can't claim UI.

For eg: I worked for 17 yrs for a large corporation. They laid me off and less than 12 hrs later I was working contract for another company. I worked for them for 6 months and when I went to UI they said "you are unelligable for benefits due to your self-employed/contract status". I said "you mean to tell me the 17 yrs I paid into UI was all for naught"? They said, had you applied before you took the contract position you'd be elligible but as of now, yes, all that money you paid out won't help you now.....

 

[raven@mirage]

There is an EI for people who are self employed and contractors as well. it was on one of those canada government websites.

http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/subjects/employment/index.shtml

 

[colt]

OPs use of the term "contract position" is a bit ambiguous. A person can be on a fixed length "contract" (for example hired for one year vs hired for indefinite term of employment) and still be eligible to collect EI benefits, assuming they were an employee for that one year period. Sometimes people use the term "contract position" to indicate a fixed length period of employment - this is not necessarily the same as being an "independent contractor". The indepenedent contractor is likely not eligible for EI, the employee who completed a one year contract of employment may be, depending on whether they have accumulated sufficient hours. Having said all that, I completely agree with the poster above re contacting HRSDC. If you are tech savvy enough to find this website surely you can navigate your way to the HRSDC website.

 

[tboy]

There is an EI for people who are self employed and contractors as well. it was on one of those canada government websites.

http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/subjects/employment/index.shtml

Wow, I just learned something else from reading terb.....that's twice in one week! (and I didn't have to borrow from OSAP for this education lol).

Self-empoyed/contract people can earn EI benefits, will wonders never cease....though a very good determining factor is whether you paid into it or not over your contract period. I personally never did because I figured why if I could never claim benefits. Hell, I just might now because work comes to a dead stop in my biz during December and January.....

 

[basketcase]

But picture how much fun you could have with OSAP loans for your TERB edumacation.

 

[raven@mirage]

Wow, I just learned something else from reading terb.....that's twice in one week! (and I didn't have to borrow from OSAP for this education lol).

Self-empoyed/contract people can earn EI benefits, will wonders never cease....though a very good determining factor is whether you paid into it or not over your contract period. I personally never did because I figured why if I could never claim benefits. Hell, I just might now because work comes to a dead stop in my biz during December and January.....

Yea once I found that out I Called them about and ask them about my home business they said I qualified just fill out the forms so I did.