decisions

Narrow your search with: “  ”, OR, AND, EXACT(), /p, /s, /n (see “Help” for more information)
Advanced Search

100 result(s)

  • 26.

    JP v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 637 - 2023-05-29

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Appeal Division - Remedy - Decide appeal or return to General Division
    EI - Denied for misconduct - Non-compliance to vaccination policy
    Procedural fairness - Right to present your case
    Summary:  The Appellant worked as a wastewater technician for the City of Toronto. On November 8, 2021, his employer placed him on an unpaid leave of absence after he refused to provide proof that he had receiv...
  • 27.

    GG v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2024 SST 835 - 2024-07-05

    Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Agreement/settlement
    OAS - Residence - Absences that do not interrupt residency
    Summary:  The Claimant was born in Canada in June 1941. He lived in Canada until February 1961, when he left to go to university in the United States (US). The Claimant stayed in the US after graduating. He bec...
  • 28.

    LS v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2024 SST 776 - 2024-07-05

    Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissed
    CPP - Payment date
    Late appeals - Over one year
    Summary:  The Appellant is a 65-year-old former sheet metal journeyman. In 2004, he stopped working because of chronic back pain. He hasn’t worked since.
    The Appellant first applied for a Canada Pension Plan di...
  • 29.

    MM v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 153 - 2024-02-19

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed in part
    Agreement/settlement
    Appeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
    EI - Availability for work - While in school/training
    Procedural fairness - Right to present your case
    Summary:  The Claimant made a claim for Employment Insurance benefits when she was a full-time student. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) denied her claim because she hadn’t shown she ...
  • 30.

    Canada Employment Insurance Commission v EE - 2024 SST 568 - 2024-05-17

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Appeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following legislation
    Appeal Division - Remedy
    EI - Outside of Canada - Job interview or search
    Summary:  The Claimant left Canada while she was on Employment Insurance benefits. While out of Canada she conducted a job search and attended an interview.
    ...
  • 31.

    NE v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2021 SST 38 - 2021-02-04

    Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Application for leave to appeal refused
    Appeal Division - Leave to appeal
    Appeal Division - Leave to appeal - No grounds of appeal
    CPP - Disability
    CPP - Disability - Severe
    Procedural fairness - Missed hearing
    Summary:  The Claimant worked as a medical receptionist. She stopped working and applied for a Canada Pension Plan disability pension. She said that she was disabled because she had cancer. The Minister of Empl...
  • 32.

    Canada Employment Insurance Commission v RB - 2022 SST 1350 - 2022-11-22

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Appeal Division - Error of law
    Appeal Division - Error of law - Ignoring evidence
    Appeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
    EI - Availability for work
    EI - Availability for work - Capable of and available for work
    EI - Availability for work - Reasonable and customary efforts
    Procedural fairness - Missed hearing
    Summary:  The Claimant established a claim for Employment Insurance benefits effective October 4, 2020. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) decided that she was disentitled from receivin...
  • 33.

    AV v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2022 SST 1684 - 2022-12-01

    Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Application for leave to appeal granted
    Appeal Division - Leave to appeal
    Appeal Division - Leave to appeal - Arguable case
    CPP - Disability
    CPP - Disability - Severe
    Procedural fairness - Missed hearing
    Summary:  The Claimant stopped working in June 2017 when he found his friend deceased in their shared apartment. This was traumatic and significantly affected the Claimant’s mental health. The Claimant was diag...
  • 34.

    R. H. v. Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2019 SST 150 - 2019-02-21

    Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Appeal Division - Leave to appeal
    Appeal Division - Leave to appeal - No grounds of appeal
    CPP - Disability
    CPP - Disability - Severe
    Procedural fairness - Accommodation or interpreter issues
    Summary:  The Claimant worked in X and X and stopped working in August 2005 because of anxiety, depression and an inability to eat or swallow. He applied for a disability pension under the Canada Pension Plan, ...
  • 35.

    Canada Employment Insurance Commission v YG - 2024 SST 45 - 2024-01-12

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    EI - Qualifying for benefits
    Procedural fairness
    Procedural fairness - Right to present your case
    Summary:  The Claimant made a claim for Employment Insurance benefits when his contract as a research scientist ended in early 2022. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) approved his clai...
  • 36.

    DY v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 147 - 2024-02-16

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed in part
    Agreement/settlement
    Late request for reconsideration
    Procedural fairness - Right to present your case
    Summary:  The Appellant made a claim for Employment Insurance benefits. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) found that he voluntarily left his employment without just cause. It denied hi...
  • 37.

    Canada Employment Insurance Commission v RL - 2024 SST 609 - 2024-04-30

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Interlocutory order
    Appeal Division - Leave to appeal
    EI - Qualifying for benefits - Hours of Insurable Employment
    Summary:  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...
  • 38.

    Canada Employment Insurance Commission v AT - 2023 SST 1323 - 2023-10-03

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    EI - Qualifying for benefits - Self-employed
    Jurisdiction
    Summary:  The Respondent had Employment Insurance coverage through a self-employment agreement. She made a claim for maternity benefits when she needed them. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Comm...
  • 39.

    MG v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2022 SST 1434 - 2022-12-12

    Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Summary:  The Claimant is a former psychotherapist. In 1999 he was injured in a motor vehicle accident. In 2009 and 2010, his mother sustained injuries in successive motor vehicle accidents, leaving her in his ...
  • 40.

    AP v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 488 - 2024-05-07

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Appeal 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...
  • 41.

    Canada Employment Insurance Commission v JG - 2024 SST 299 - 2024-03-21

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissed
    Appeal 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...
  • 42.

    CJ v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 484 - 2024-05-06

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    EI - 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...
  • 43.

    Canada Employment Insurance Commission v DM - 2024 SST 326 - 2024-04-02

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Appeal 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 ...
  • 44.

    AH v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 431 - 2024-04-25

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissed
    Appeal 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...
  • 45.

    GZ v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 427 - 2024-04-24

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Agreement/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...
  • 46.

    Canada Employment Insurance Commission v JA - 2024 SST 382 - 2024-04-17

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Appeal 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.
    ...
  • 47.

    AM v Canada Employment Insurance Commission and X - 2024 SST 275 - 2024-03-19

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    EI - Denied for misconduct
    Procedural fairness - Right to present your case
    Summary:  The Claimant applied for Employment Insurance regular benefits when she stopped working.
    ...
  • 48.

    BP v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2024 SST 355 - 2024-03-26

    Other Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - General Division - Appeal dismissed
    CPP - 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...
  • 49.

    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 dismissed
    OAS - 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 ...
  • 50.

    DU v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 311 - 2024-03-25

    Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed
    Agreement/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 ...