Employment Insurace For Teacher

Just like most other professionals, teachers are also eligible for Employment Insurance benefits. The profession of teaching has contractual arrangements so there are distinctions to the rules regarding Employment Insurance. Teachers who are under contract in elementary, vocational and technical schools can not receive regular benefits on non-teaching periods even if you're unemployed. You can, however, receive maternity and parental care benefits.

Non-teaching periods refer to the period where the people in the profession of teaching don’t work. Non-teaching periods include summer breaks, spring breaks and Christmas vacations. However, a non-working holiday does not fall under non-teaching period. These periods vary among regions and provinces and from a school to the other.

There are three exceptions that allow people in the profession of teaching to receive regular benefits. These three are: the termination of the teacher's contract, the employment status of the individual as a substitute, the teacher has other benefits from an occupation outside teaching. Just like any person working in other professions, you must first prove your availability and capability to work and is unable to look for any appropriate employment for working days that fall on non-teaching periods before you claim benefits.