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Bhagirath Jadeja

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I started working with a company from July-2019 to June-2020, then went on unpaid leave for six months. After six months I started with the same company in the same position. While I was away the company was paying me medical benefits, which mean I was employed I didn't quit. My question is that how should I create EE profile? Should mention my experience in one tab from July-2019 to presently working or make a separate experience I.e break it in two experience, even though the employer is same.
Many thanks!
 
Bhagirath Jadeja said:
I started working with a company from July-2019 to June-2020, then went on unpaid leave for six months. After six months I started with the same company in the same position. While I was away the company was paying me medical benefits, which mean I was employed I didn't quit. My question is that how should I create EE profile? Should mention my experience in one tab from July-2019 to presently working or make a separate experience I.e break it in two experience, even though the employer is same.
Many thanks!
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Well, I am not 100% sure but as long as you can prove (you have evidence) that your employment was continuous - meaning you were on the company's payroll continuously without a break, it might be okay to show this as continuous experience. Other senior members can also weigh in on this.
 
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Bhagirath Jadeja said:
I started working with a company from July-2019 to June-2020, then went on unpaid leave for six months. After six months I started with the same company in the same position. While I was away the company was paying me medical benefits, which mean I was employed I didn't quit. My question is that how should I create EE profile? Should mention my experience in one tab from July-2019 to presently working or make a separate experience I.e break it in two experience, even though the employer is same.
Many thanks!
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Don't try to play the system. You didn't work for six months. You only worked for one year and then again after 6 months.

You do possibly think receiving medical benefits and working is the same?

Goodluck providing paystub for this
 
I don't want to play with the system, that's why I am asking. I am not sure how to mention my experience. I am definitely not calculating the time I was not working, I still have one year of experience excluding 6 months.
 
Just declare it as separate, 1 year and then 6 months (and ongoing?). Depends also how your work reference letter would look like, will your employer declare two years or 1 year and 6 months with split time periods? As your IRCC profile and work reference letters have to be a 100% match.

I guess for now, since you don’t have the ITA yet and not collecting documents, I’d advice to err on the side of caution and declare 1 year and 6 months.
 
NOC98 said:
Just declare it as separate, 1 year and then 6 months (and ongoing?). Depends also how your work reference letter would look like, will your employer declare two years or 1 year and 6 months with split time periods? As your IRCC profile and work reference letters have to be a 100% match.

I guess for now, since you don’t have the ITA yet and not collecting documents, I’d advice to err on the side of caution and declare 1 year and 6 months.
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My employer would give me one reference letter and that would say my joining date only as I am currently working there. They would not mention any gaps, it would be continuous. The thing is that I will not have pay stubs for the six months bcz it was unpaid.
 
Bhagirath Jadeja said:
My employer would give me one reference letter and that would say my joining date only as I am currently working there. They would not mention any gaps, it would be continuous. The thing is that I will not have pay stubs for the six months bcz it was unpaid.
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Okay, a bit tricky. You can just mention it in the LOE? IRCC doesn’t ask for pay stubs though as long your reference letter has all the details needed.
 
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Bhagirath Jadeja said:
My employer would give me one reference letter and that would say my joining date only as I am currently working there. They would not mention any gaps, it would be continuous. The thing is that I will not have pay stubs for the six months bcz it was unpaid.
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I think as long as it is unpaid you can not count as work experience. Ircc does consider time you were not working ONLY IF it is mentioned AND PAID in your reference letter. I give you an exemple : Mr A worked for us since January 2019. His 2 years salary was paid within a 18 month periods...... I doubt your employer could write something like that. Medical care are not a wage.
 
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NOC98 said:
Okay, a bit tricky. You can just mention it in the LOE? IRCC doesn’t ask for pay stubs though as long your reference letter has all the details needed.
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But ircc could ask also any additional document if the situation is not clear. So could you provide any pay stub?
 
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Yeah, I was saying in general. They don’t ask for paystubs.
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I agree with you. They don't have any reason to ask but if they do, applicant doesn't have them. If you apply for CEC, 1 year experience is enough, so just split your experience in 2.
 
stefi2020 said:
I agree with you. They don't have any reason to ask but if they do, applicant doesn't have them. If you apply for CEC, 1 year experience is enough, so just split your experience in 2.
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Yeah. It’s much better for OP to split the experience to two. I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear earlier, I was saying that if the work experience letter shows two years of work experience even though in reality it’s just 1.5 years, OP can explain that in an LOE.
 
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