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I have a question about eligibilty for EI concerning my common-law partner.
I am a retired teacher and new permanent resident of Canada, she is Canadian and has worked for more than 5 years for a retail store
I have bought a house in Moncton NB and will live there - she has told her employer that she is leaving her job to move with me to our new home.
Will she qualify for EI ??

Thanks for any help you can offer

NO.

chk http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/ei/fa...shtml#quit
FAQ Q:19

Erm... Maybe....
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/ei/di...tml#a6_4_1

just cause for voluntarily leaving an employment or taking leave from an employment exists if the claimant had no reasonable alternative to leaving or taking leave, having regard to all the circumstances, including any of the following:

1. sexual or other harassment,
2. obligation to accompany a spouse, common-law partner or dependent child to another residence,
3. discrimination on a prohibited ground of discrimination within the meaning of the Canadian Human Rights Act,
4. working conditions that constitute a danger to health or safety,
5. obligation to care for a child or a member of the immediate family,
6. reasonable assurance of another employment in the immediate future,
7. significant modification of terms and conditions respecting wages or salary,
8. excessive overtime work or refusal to pay for overtime work,
9. significant changes in work duties,
10. antagonism with a supervisor if the claimant is not primarily responsible for the antagonism,
11. practices of an employer that are contrary to law,
12. discrimination with regard to employment because of membership in an association, organization or union of workers,
13. undue pressure by an employer on the claimant to leave their employment, and
14. any other reasonable circumstances that are prescribed.