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Integrating is the process of
contrasting and comparing information once it has been identified through
cycling. Of the two processes, comparison (finding similarities) seems to be
easier for most people. Contrasting (finding differences) is more
difficult.
The most basic
integration task is to compare items in a list to fixed external criteria:
“Which item in the list is largest or smallest? Which of the items in
the list begin with ‘b’? Which menu items include desert? In which
quarter were sales under $100,000.00?”
Using the chart
below to determine Employment Insurance (EI) eligibility requires two
integration tasks. The reader first has to determine ‘required
hours’ in the region where the he or she lives. The ‘given
information’ for this task task would be the regional unemployment rate
(itself, the result of a previous ‘locate’ task). This rate is
integrated with (compared to) the percentage bands listed in the first column.
When a match is made, the respondent finds the number of ‘required
hours.’ The second integration task is for the respondent to determine
if he or she qualifies by comparing EI ‘insurable hours’ on
separation slips to the ‘required hours’ to determine if
actual hours worked equal or exceed the required hours.
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Most people
will need between 420 and 700 hours of work within the last 52 weeks, or since
the start of their last claim - whichever is shorter - to qualify for
Employment Insurance benefits, depending on the unemployment rate in their
region. In some instances, 910 hours will be need to qualify. (See the
exception listed after Table 1)
Table
1
|
Regional rate of unemployment |
Required number of hours of insurable employment in the last 52
weeks |
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0% to
6% |
700
hours |
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6.1% to
7% |
665
hours |
|
7.1% to
8% |
630
hours |
|
8.1% to
9% |
595
hours |
|
9.1% to
10% |
560
hours |
|
10.1%
to 11% |
525
hours |
|
11.1%
to 12% |
490
hours |
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12.1%
to 13% |
455
hours |
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13.1%
and over |
420
hours |
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