Reporting and EI Guideline – February / March, 2022

 

EI Application GUIDELINE

To qualify for EI benefits, you must have accumulated 420 insured hours of work in the last 52 weeks. If you have a pre-existing claim and did not report within 3 weeks of the date your report was due – You will have to reapply using this guideline (blue paper). It will also be posted on unifor199.org and facebook. NOTE: When filing a new claim. The sub question may not be asked.

How do I know if my SUB code is activated? Under the OTHER MONEY question when filing your reports, if it does not state their records show you are receiving SUB, and you are eligible – STOP your report and call me, Vincent Filice to activate your Sub Code

**General Motors sends your ROE to Service Canada. Select the option as stated in this guideline.**

***EI CHECK LIST***

The following is a checklist guide of information you MAY be asked to have prepared when completing an application. Please answer per your personal situation.

  • Name (As indicated on SIN Card)                                                                                                                                                                       
  • SIN Number
  • Date of Birth
  • Parent’s Last Name at Birth
  • Postal Code
  • Street Name/Number
  • Direct Deposit (Y/N)
  • Same Banking info (Y/N)
  • Same Mailing Address (Y/N)
  • Other Employment Last 2 Yrs (Y/N)
  • Workers Comp Last 2 Yrs (Y/N)
  • S&A Last 2 Yrs (Y/N)
  • Job Title
  • Rate of Pay (TOTAL)
  • Last Day Worked
  • How Many Hrs Last Week of Work (SUN-SAT)
  • How Many Days Last week of Work (SUN-SAT)
  • Collecting CPP? – (If so, when did it start? (DAY/MONTH/YEAR) and how much do you receive monthly?) (Gross Amount)
  • Collecting Survivor Pension?
  • Eligible for SUB? (Y/N)

IF YOU COLLECT CPP OR A PENSION, YOU MUST INPUT THE DATE YOU STARTED COLLECTING AND THE GROSS AMOUNT ON THE APPLICATION. Call 1-800-277-9914 if you do not know this information.

***IMPORTANT NOTICE***

***Service Canada reserves the right to change the following questions without notice***

TO BEGIN APPLICATION, GO TO: canada.ca

  • Click → English
  • Scroll down and click → Employment Insurance
  • Select → Regular Benefits
  • Read through numbers 1 to 7 then click → #5 Apply
  • Scroll to bottom of page and click → Ready to Start then Start Application
  • You will be prompted with a screen asking if you are trying to retrieve an application you started earlier. Select → No then click → Continue
  • Select → Benefits for Employees
  • You will be asked if a reference code was supplied, click → NO
  • Click→ Regular Benefits then Continue
  • Read this page carefully then Select Continue
  • Enter personal information:

SOCIAL INSURANCE NUMBER, LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, LAST NAME AT BIRTH, GENDER AND PARENT’S LAST NAME AT BIRTH (Enter the last name at birth of one of your parents as submitted in your SIN application. DO NOT enter any first name.) click Continue then Validate. 

  • You will be given a temporary password identification number. Write this number down and click → Continue
  • Fill in personal information → Continue (ONLY ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH THE *)
  • Programs and Services section is voluntary please click continue.
  • Next, would you like your tax slip electronically? If you want to continue to receive your T4E by mail, answer→ Please Send Me a Paper Copy and whether you claim your taxes by yourself (basic) or with your spouse (basic and spouse)
  • You are then asked if you have a direct deposit account registered and if you want to continue using the same bank information. If you do, CLICK YES THEN YES. If you do not have direct deposit, you can set it up following the guideline they provide.
  • Please input your highest level of education completed.
  • You will then be asked if you are part of a Union → Yes input Unifor Local 199

***QUESTIONS MAY BE DIFFERENT, AND POSSIBLY IN DIFFERENT ORDER. PLEASE USE THIS AS A GUIDELINE AND ANSWER PER YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION. ***

  • If you are reactivating an existing claim within the last 52 weeks, a message will appear stating that there are weeks still payable, and it will automatically reactivate your existing claim CLICK > CONTINUE 
  • Existing claim continued: Other employment since establishing your EI CLAIM: Have you worked since you completed your last application for Employment Insurance Benefits > YES 
  • Last Employer information: General Motors of Canada. You do NOT have to enter your first day of work; HOWEVER, you must enter your last day worked and if you will be returning to work with this employer. YES, then NO to return date.
  • You MAY be asked the employer address information→570 GLENDALE AVE, ST. CATHARINES, ON, L2P 0B2
  • Next the screen MAY prompt you to input employer’s name and phone number → General Motors 905-641-6340
  • Reason for layoff → Shortage of work
  • Enter your earnings information. Hourly rate of pay and per hour →Continue 
  • You MAY be asked: Did you or will you receive vacation pay? → Unknown→ Continue
  • YOU WILL BE ASKED THIS QUESTION WHEN REACTIVATING A CLAIM: Have you received, or will you receive any of the following monies? → If entitled to SUB click Supplemental Unemployment Benefit → General Motors pays SUB 
  • You MAY be asked about your Job Title information. Answer per your personal situation.
  • You MAY be asked for ROE information – Last employer. Select option: I have a paper ROE and will submit it to Service Canada OR my employer submitted the ROE electronically. OR asked if you will be submitting an ROE. Select > NO
  • Next, you MAY be asked about OTHER EMPLOYERS. If you’ve only worked for GM within the last 52 weeks select: NO. If you’ve worked for other employers, answer per your personal situation
  • You will be asked a series of random questions → *Answer per your personal situation*
  • You will be asked if you are receiving a pension within the next 52 weeks. If collecting CPP you must enter the date you started collecting (DAY/MONTH/YEAR) and the gross monthly amount. Call 1-800-277-9914 if you do not know this information.
  • After answering another series of random questions – (Answer per your personal situation) you will be asked if someone is helping you with your application, click NO then click → Continue
  • You are then given several pages of rights and responsibilities. Read and click → I accept
  • You will be asked if you accept the above attestation and want to submit application. Click → I accept 
  • Print confirmation page or write confirmation number. Retain for your records.
  • You will then be waiting to receive a 4-digit access code in the mail which you will use to report your weeks of layoff.

Call Service Canada for all information on your claim –1-800-206-7218 

Monday to Friday, 8:30a.m.– 4:30 p.m.

If you have any problems completing your application or think you have made a mistake,

please call 1-800-206-7218 and press 0 OR call me – Vincent Filice or my Alternate, Adam Nie.

 

REPORTING GUIDELINE 

To receive EI benefits or serve a waiting period, you MUST complete reports that cover the week(s) you are being asked using this guideline. (Green paper)

If you have a pre-existing claim and did not report within 3 weeks of the date your report was due – you will have to reapply using the EI application guideline leaflet provided for you (blue paper). If you do not have the application leaflet it will be posted on unifor199.org and Facebook.

**Under the OTHER MONEY question. If it does not state, their records show that you are receiving SUB, and you are eligible – STOP your report and call me, Vincent Filice to activate your Sub Code.**  

*Please pay attention to the weeks you are asked to report*

Login to: Canada.ca

Select > English

Click > Employment Insurance 

In right hand column under MOST REQUESTED, click >Send your report by internet.

Scroll to THE BOTTOM of the page and click > Continue 

Enter the following information:

  • Social Insurance Number
  • Access Code
  • Province of Residence

Click > Continue

EI Report Record and Attestation

The following is a record of the questions and the answers that YOU provide

ADDRESS AND DIRECT DEPOSIT

Have you moved, changed your mailing address or changed the banking information you provided for direct deposit purposes?

*ANSWER PER YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION *

OUTSIDE CANADA

Were you outside Canada between Monday and Friday during the period of this report?

*ANSWER PER YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION*

*TIP* Top right corner will indicate the week(s) they are asking you to report*

WORK AND WAGES

Are you self-employed?

 *ANSWER PER YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION* 

Did you work or receive any earnings during the period of this report? This includes work for which you will be paid later, unpaid work, self-employment including farming.

*CHECK THE WEEK(S) IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER AND ANSWER PER YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION*

IF YOU RECEIVED NO EARNINGS FOR THE WEEK(S) BEING ASKED ANSWER *NO*

IF YOU ANSWERED YES TO THE EARNINGS QUESTION, 

IT WILL ASK YOU IF YOU STARTED A *FULL TIME JOB DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS REPORT*

If you want to continue reporting *ANSWER > NO*

If you want to STOP reporting *ANSWER > YES* and implement the date in which you returned to work.

If answered NO to *DID YOU START A FULL TIME JOB* question 

 It will ask your work and wages for the FIRST WEEK of the report.

 *TIP*, look at the top right corner for the hand pointing at the week highlighted and answer per your personal situation*                                                                                                                    

IT MAY ask if you worked during the SECOND WEEK of this report. (Depending on if it’s a one-week report or two. Two-week reports are common.)

*TIP*, look at the top right corner for the hand pointing at the week highlighted and answer per your personal situation*

*(IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED EARNINGS FOR THE WEEK(S) BEING ASKED TO REPORT – IMPLEMENT THE HOURS AND GROSS AMOUNT YOU WERE PAID.) *

CHECK YOUR PAYSTUB IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THIS INFORMATION.

HOW MUCH YOU MAKE WILL DETERMINED IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EI BENEFITS FOR THAT WEEK

Employer Information

How many employers did you work for during this report period? (If only worked for GM answer)

*1*

Employer 1: Phone Number: (GM NUMBER)

*905 641-6340*

STOPPED WORKING

The following question will give you the opportunity to inform us of any loss of employment that you have not already declared on your application for benefits.

Have you stopped working for any employer during the period of this report?

*NO*

TRAINING

Did you attend school or a training course during the period of this report?

*NO*

AVAILABILITY 

Were you ready, willing and capable of working each day, Monday through Friday during each week of this report?

*YES*

OTHER MONEY

MAY ASK: Our records show that you are receiving money from Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB) plan. Or JUST ASK Is there any other money that you have not previously told us about, that you received or will receive for the period of this report? (If you are entitled to SUB and it doesn’t say the first option, STOP your report and call me – Vincent Filice, so I can activate your SUB code with Service Canada) 

*NO* 

NOTE: IF YOU ANSWER YES, AFTER COMPLETING YOUR REPORT – IT WILL ASK YOU TO CALL AND GIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR “OTHER MONIES” and until you speak to an agent your account will be put on HOLD.  1-800-206-7218 AND PRESS 0 or call me – Vincent Filice

READ OVER YOUR ANSWERS, CONFIRM AND ACCEPT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

PRINT, TAKE A PICTURE OR WRITE DOWN THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO REPORT.

To use TELEDOC for filing your reports call 1-800-531-7555 and answer the questions.

Call Service Canada for all information about your claim at 1-800-206-7218

Monday-Friday, 8:30AM TO 430PM

If you have any problems completing your report or think you have made a mistake,

please call 1-800-206-7218 and press 0 OR call me – Vincent Filice or my Alternate, Adam Nie.

 

In solidarity,

VINCENT FILICE

ALT: ADAM NIE

UNIFOR LOCAL 199 SUB/EI REPRESENTATIVES

IN PLANT: 905 641-6419 (MONDAY TO FRIDAY 6:30AM-2:30PM)

CELL PHONE: 905 658-7781 (7 days a week (SATURDAY/SUNDAY UNTIL 3PM)

EMAIL: vincent.filice@gm.com | adam.nie@gm.com