Okay you lads out there, when you get laid off, have you managed to pull in enough hours to get EI???

Which would be the best operators for this???

I dont think operators keep tack of how many hours you work, unless you are getting paid by the hour.

Any decent boss will BS your hours on your ROE so you will qualify, and to get ya through till the next season!!

It works according to a chart I believe. ie: You work 6 months you get so many hours. So much for telling them about the 7 days a week 16 hrs a day.

phillyfan wrote:It works according to a chart I believe. ie: You work 6 months you get so many hours. So much for telling them about the 7 days a week 16 hrs a day.

Betcha its a lot less than a dockhand actually works.

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I scanned my EI form for you to look at. It is supposed to go by hours since EI determines if you qualify by the # of hours you have worked in the past year.

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be sure to apply using a northern address (north of Sudbury). Then after a couple of weeks, just go online and change your mailing address. You usally get double the amount of weeks and its legit. They assess your amount of weeks by the first address you put down and they don't care how often you change addresses after that.
another option is to take a p.o. box out in a northern town and then pay extra to have your mail forwarded to your southern real mailing address. Costs a bit, but it gives you a northern address to use to apply.

To get EI it is based on the area you are working in and not the address that you use. In the far north, it takes less hours to get your EI as oppsed to living the Toronto area. Check out this site as to fiquring it out: http://srv200.services.gc.ca/iiws/eiregions/ont.aspx

Thanks guys.. =) You're all great...

If you do the address thing, when you're applying for HRDC funding, do you deal with your original address("northern community liason") or would you be dealing with your real local hrdc dept?

Number of Insured Hours Required to Qualify for Regular Benefits 525

If you magically work 4 weeks 24 hours a day you'd have 672 hours so you'd qualify for the "hours worked part" but you wouldn't qualify because you didn't work X weeks??? or would you be good to go?

Any decent boss will BS your hours on your ROE so you will qualify, and to get ya through till the next season!!

Any operators that you can think of, that would/might be able to do said task?

Final question about the address trick, is EI based on your location or where you work? So I could put a Kenora address(for example) and only need 525 hours to qualify even if I was working in Toronto(which has a 665hour minimum)?

I worked in Ear Falls, Ontario summer of 2004. Received the required hours there for that area, about ~525 hours required. I filed in St Catharines and received it there. I then moved to Daytona Beach, Fl. for the winter, working and also getting some flight training in the US. Received my cards in DAB and money put in my bank account back in St.Catharines. I carry dual so I can do this as I can live and work in both.