So long and thanks for all the fish.

[swestrup]

Well, that's it then. I've just found out I've been laid-off, or not-continued, or whatever.

Time to look for a new job.

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[cpirate.livejournal.com]

That sucks. Except now you don't have to deal with all the lunacy. So um... congratusorry?

You still ended up working the 12 weeks required for EI coverage though, right? Or is there some other caveat I'm not aware of?

[swestrup]

Its more like 26 weeks you need, not 12.

[cpirate.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I'm just used to the Newfoundland fish industry, where it's pretty universally 12 weeks. I didn't realize how much it varied. According to this government webpage for my postal code it's only 595 insurable hours, which is about 15 weeks; irritatingly close to 12 weeks but not quite.

[swestrup]

15 weeks is still a fair bit less than I expected. When I looked it up in January, I could have sworn it was something like 6-months before it kicked in. So, if I can get 3 more weeks of work somewhere, I could go on EI... I suppose thats something.

[cpirate.livejournal.com]

Make sure to double-check against your postal code, as I believe my census area doesn't include DDO.

There are probably other caveats related to your particular situation, with which I am not sufficiently familiar to guess the end result, but it certainly warrants some investigation.

[swestrup]

Already did that. The site you mentioned said 595 hours for my postal code too.