To all Chairpersons and Members of Employment Insurance Boards of Referees

Subject: New Question Added to the Electronic Claimant’s Report.

We are writing to inform you of a new question which has been added to the Electronic claimant’s report effective November 22, 2009.

Claimants are now being asked:

‘Were you outside Canada during the period of this report?’

The addition of this new question provides a claimant with an opportunity to report any absence from Canada.

It also answers a long standing concern expressed by Board of Referees members and claimant advocacy groups.