Understanding ROEs

Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) requires employers to issue an ROE when an employee has an interruption of earnings. An interruption of earnings occurs when an employee quits, is laid off or terminated, or has seven consecutive calendar days without both work and insurable earnings. Interruptions of earnings also occur when insurable earnings fall below 60 percent of normal weekly earnings due to situations such as illness, injury, and pregnancy.

The HRDC uses the ROE to calculate Employment Insurance benefits for the employee. The ROE that the system generates meets all of the HRDC reporting requirements.

All ROE processing originates on the ROE Workbench (P770631).