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| basic concepts |
benefit periods |
cancellation |
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Summary:
The Board made an error. It was not possible to cancel the benefits paid for the weeks from April 24 to May 21, 2005 retroactively, thereby creating an overpayment, and then establish an initial benefit period effective August 21, 2005. The Commission had also looked at the possibility of terminating the first benefit period and establishing a new one, but this was not possible, because the claimant had to have accumulated 600 hours of insurable employment since March 18, 2005, and since she did not return to work until May 24, 2005, she had accumulated only 552 hours. She thus qualified for only 15 weeks of maternity benefits, followed by 17 weeks of parental benefits.
