Employment Insurance (EI)
Employment insurance (EI) provides regular benefits for employees who have worked for a specified period in Canada. if you lose your job through no fault of your own (for example, due to shortage of work, or lay-offs) and is available if you are able to work, but can't find a job.
There are 5 kinds of EI benefits:
- Regular unemployment benefits if you are looking for work
- Re-employment benefits to help you return to work if you are unemployed
- Sickness benefits if you are off work because of illness or accident
- Compassionate care benefits if you must be off work to care for an ill family member
- Pregnancy and parental benefits if you have and/or adopt a child
For more information visit www.servicecanada.gc.ca or call toll-free: 1-800-206-7218.