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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v RL - 2024 SST 609 - 2024-04-30
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Interlocutory orderSummary: As a temporary measure, section 153.17 of the Employment Insurance Act gave claimants a credit of insurable hours, allowing them to qualify more easily for Employment Insurance benefits. The credit ap...
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AP v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 488 - 2024-05-07
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
EI - Availability for work - While in school/training
Summary: The Appellant received regular Employment Insurance benefits from October 4, 2020 to September 11, 2021. He was studying full time at a university while he was receiving benefits. The Canada Employme...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v JG - 2024 SST 299 - 2024-03-21
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedAppeal Division - Error of law - No error
EI - Availability for work - Suitable employment
Summary: The Claimant’s employer laid him off temporarily, so the Claimant collected Employment Insurance benefits while he was waiting to be recalled. Before his recall, he obtained sole custody of his severe...
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CJ v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 484 - 2024-05-06
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedEI - Earnings - Allocation - Severance
Jurisdiction
Summary: When the Claimant applied for benefits, her employer reported her severance and pay in-lieu-of-notice (additional payments) to the Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission). The Claimant...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v DM - 2024 SST 326 - 2024-04-02
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
EI - Benefit period - Backdating (antedating) initial claim
Summary: The Claimant is a longtime fisherman. He made many claims for Employment Insurance benefits over the years when he wasn’t able to work in the off-season. The Claimant said the fishing season was poor ...
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AH v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 431 - 2024-04-25
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedAppeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following legislation
EI - Availability for work
Jurisdiction
Summary: The Claimant made two claims for Employment Insurance regular benefits. She made her first claim in April 2023. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) decided she could not get be...
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SC v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 419 - 2024-04-23
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of fact - Without regard to the evidence
Appeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
EI - Availability for work - Reasonable and customary efforts
Summary: The Appellant is a registered Nurse living in X. She came out of retirement in March 2021 to work for X, helping with the vaccination clinic. She received significantly fewer shifts after August 2022,...
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GZ v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 427 - 2024-04-24
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAgreement/settlement
EI - Earnings - Allocation
Jurisdiction
Summary: The Claimant’s son was born in December 2022. The Claimant applied for parental benefits on January 14, 2023, but returned to work on January 23, 2023. He notified the Canada Employment Insurance Comm...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v JA - 2024 SST 382 - 2024-04-17
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of fact - Without regard to the evidence
Appeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
EI - Denied for misconduct
Summary: The Claimant was working for a company as a driver until he lost his job. When he stopped working, he applied for Employment Insurance benefits.
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TH v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 345 - 2024-04-08
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of fact - Without regard to the evidence
Credibility
EI - Denied for voluntary leave/quit - Just Cause - Pressure to leave employment
EI - Denied for voluntary leave/quit - Reasonable alternative(s) to leaving
Summary: The Claimant was training to be a letter carrier with CPC. She met with her supervisor and found out her job performance was unsatisfactory. She resigned from her letter carrier position soon after. S...
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AM v Canada Employment Insurance Commission and X - 2024 SST 275 - 2024-03-19
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedEI - Denied for misconduct
Procedural fairness - Right to present your case
Summary: The Claimant applied for Employment Insurance regular benefits when she stopped working.
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BP v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2024 SST 355 - 2024-03-26
Other Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - General Division - Appeal dismissedCPP - Survivor's pension - Common law relationship
Summary: The Appellant met NL in November 2006. At the time, she was living in California. NL was living in Surrey, BC. They were both divorced from their previous spouses. They began a relationship. The Appel...
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CL v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2024 SST 390 - 2024-04-15
Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) - General Division - Appeal dismissedOAS - Marital status
Summary: The Appellant turned 65 in August 2015. He began receiving an Old Age Security pension and the Guaranteed Income Supplement. He was paid at the rate for a single person because he had declared in his ...
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DU v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 311 - 2024-03-25
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAgreement/settlement
EI - Outside of Canada - Job interview or search
Procedural fairness - Right to present your case
Summary: The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) decided that the Claimant wasn’t entitled to Employment Insurance regular benefits when he was outside of Canada. The Claimant appealed the ...
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AP v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2024 SST 333 - 2024-04-04
Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedAppeal Division - De Novo - Dismissed
OAS - Residence - Factors used to determine residence
Summary: The Claimant applied for an Old Age Security pension in July 2021. The Minister of Employment and Social Development (the Minister) denied the application. The Minister found that the Claimant had onl...
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BA v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 1799 - 2023-12-14
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed in partAppeal Division - Error of law - Ignoring evidence
EI - Denied for misconduct
Summary: The Appellant is appealing the General Division decision. The General Division found that the Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) proved that the Claimant had been suspended and th...
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JS v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 117 - 2024-02-08
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of law - Ignoring evidence
Appeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following legislation
EI - Benefit period - Backdating (antedating) initial claim
Summary: The Claimant lost his job on February 28, 2023. He tried to find another job over the next few months. Eventually, his mental health deteriorated, and he sought professional help. The Claimant was abl...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v JN - 2024 SST 384 - 2024-04-18
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAgreement/settlement
Appeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
Late request for reconsideration
Summary: The Claimant made a claim for Employment Insurance benefits. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) paid him benefits. Later on, the Commission went back and investigated his clai...
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W. L. v. Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2019 SST 1411 - 2019-11-28
Other Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - General Division - Appeal dismissedCharter appeals - Merits
CPP - Credit split
Summary: CPP – Back in 2005, the Claimant benefited from a credit split between him and his late spouse under the division of unadjusted pensionable earnings (DUPE) provisions. After the passing of his spouse,...
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R. W. v. Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2019 SST 122 - 2019-01-12
Other Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - General Division - Appeal allowedCharter appeals - Merits
CPP - Survivor's pension
Summary: The Claimant was married and widowed twice. As the surviving spouse, she applied for a Canada Pension Plan (CPP) survivor’s pension. However, section 63(6)of the CPP limits a survivor to one survivor’...
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JP v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2021 SST 118 - 2021-03-31
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedCharter appeals - Merits
EI - Qualifying for benefits - Extension of qualifying period
Summary: EI – Charter equality rights – qualification period extension – mental disability
The Claimant got post-traumatic stress disorder from the Lac-Mégantic train explosion. In 2015, he received EI sickne...
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Minister of Employment and Social Development v SH and Justice for Children and Youth - 2021 SST 412 - 2021-08-13
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Remedy
Charter appeals - Merits
CPP - Disabled contributor's child benefit
Judicial notice
Summary: Canada Pension Plan – Disabled Contributor’s Child Benefit (DCCB) –retroactivity cap on DCCB does not violate children’s Charter rights
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Minister of Employment and Social Development v SH and Justice For Children and Youth - 2021 SST 117 - 2021-02-22
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of law
Charter appeals - Merits
CPP - Disabled contributor's child benefit
Summary: The Claimant receives a disability pension and her children the Disabled Contributor’s Child’s Benefit (DCCB). The DCCB assists children of a disabled parent to make up for what the parent could have ...
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LS v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2023 SST 229 - 2023-03-03
Other Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - Appeal Division - Application for leave to appeal refusedSummary: The Applicant sustained a work-related injury in December 2000 that resulted in pain, headaches, and fatigue. This pain started in his occipital area and radiated to his left upper extremity. This pai...
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TC v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 118 - 2024-02-08
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedEI - Benefit period
EI - Benefit period - Backdating (antedating) initial claim
Procedural fairness
Procedural fairness - Right to know the case
Summary: The Appellant made a claim for Employment Insurance regular benefits on September 29, 2022, but asked that his claim be treated as though it was made on August 21, 2022.
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