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Summary:
The claimant is disentitled from receiving benefits because she did not have enough insurable hours as per the section 7(3) of the Employment Insurance Act. The claimant had accumulated a total of 567.50 insurable hours in her qualifying period from December 16, 2007, to December 16, 2008. In the 52 weeks before the qualifying period, the claimant accumulated only 231 insurable hours. The claimant is considered a re-entrant to the labour force in accordance with sections 7(3) and 7(4) of the Act. The claimant needed 910 insurable hours to qualify for benefits. The appeal by the claimant is dismissed by the Umpire.
