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| basic concepts |
benefit periods |
extension |
long-tenured workers |
Summary:
The claimant established a benefit period effective June 8, 2008. He had received a severance pay allocated until May 2, 2009. He then received regular benefits from May 5, 2009, to December 27, 2009. The claimant applied for extended benefits under the long-tenured worker provisions of the EIA. The Commission denied his application on the basis that, to be eligible for long-term worker status, a claimant's benefit period must have been established between January 4, 2009, and September 11, 2010. The FCA concluded that the claimant applied for benefits on June 13, 2008 and his «benefit period» was established on the previous Sunday, which was June 8, 2008. That date falls outside the periods set in the EIA for which extended benefits are available.
