Canadian Payroll Compliance Legislation Practice Exam 2026 – The All-In-One Guide to Exam Success!

Interruption of earnings is reported when an employee’s earnings stop for a full week, which is seven consecutive calendar days. That seven-day threshold is what triggers the obligation to issue a Record of Employment, because the ROE provides the information Service Canada needs to assess eligibility for Employment Insurance benefits and to calculate potential benefits.

So, a break of seven consecutive days or more requires an ROE. Shorter breaks (less than seven days) do not trigger the ROE, while longer breaks are reported once the seven-day point is reached. The other options—five, ten, or fourteen days—don’t reflect the standard trigger, which is seven days.