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Worked 1 week after maternity and sickness leave. No other work in last 52 weeks. Ss. 6(2) stipulates that claimant must have had at least the number of weeks set out in Table 1 based on regional rate of unemployment. Contributing to the UI scheme over the years is not enough. Upheld by FC.
Ss. 7(2) allows for an extension of a qualifying period to a maximum of 104 weeks. Ss. 7(1) states that the qualifying period cannot precede the commencement of a previous benefit period. Therefore, her benefit period cannot be extended due to her illness. No reviewable error committed by the Umpire.
The incapacity of the claimant (which, this is not mentioned in the judgment, covered a period during which she received payments under a disability wage-loss plan) does not permit an extension of the benefit period under ss. 9(7). No reviewable error committed by the Umpire.
