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[maninahat]

So for you types out there who might know ...

Hypothetically, if I have been employed (I almost typed emploited there, interesting) for the last 5 years, what is there to stop me from quitting my job for another one, and then getting that new employment terminated after 2 weeks and then collecting unemployment?

Comments

[proemial]

You'd be screwed. EI only covers most recent employment, and quitting just makes a mess of how the numbers get figured (I believe you aren't eligible if you quits).

[proemial]

Oh, and memory says that you need to have employed for a certain minimum time to be eligble for ei. But I don't remember fully.

[thirstysmurf]

I believe that if you quit, you are not eligible for EI, nor are you eligible for EI if you are a student, though I am going on memory here and have not checked out my facts recently.

[minyata]

You are eligble for EI for the past years worth of employment hours. Although, you have to have been terminated from your most recent place of employment without cause or under questionable circumstance to be eligible. Mind you, if you get terminate from the place you are currently employed at, based on your tenure (Over 5 years) you are entitled to severence. Knowing where you will be terminated from, and assuming it hasn't changed much in the past year, EI will pretty much auto-approve you.