• Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    One of the biggest problems with CERB was that you didn’t have to apply for it specifically.

    I happened to be out of work for a short time and applied for regular EI. They automatically gave me CERB then fucked me over with a surprise $2k bill a year later.

    I just finished paying that off 2 months ago.

    • DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca
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      2 years ago

      Same for me, I think I had a short sickness EI claim automatically converted them clawed back, but because of the time gap involved I just couldn’t figure it out until now and figured that some money must have got dropped in my account without me noticing.