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Summary:
For the purpose of calculating the weekly rate of benefit, the Commission allocated the claimant's accumulated vacation pay ($689 over 7 months) under subparagraph 23(1)(a)(iii) of the EI Regulations proportionately over the two weeks of the company's annual shutdown, which is treated by the employer as vacation leave. The claimant had wanted the allocation to be made at the rate of her normal weekly earnings of $616 under paragraph 36(8)(a) of the EI Regulations starting with the first week of the shutdown.
