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51.
L. N. v. Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2019 SST 780 - 2019-08-19
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedAppeal Division - Error of law - Inadequate reasons
Summary: EI – The Appeal Division did not accept that the Claimant’s unpaid practicum is employment for the purpose of section 29(c)(vi) of the Employment Insurance Act (EI Act) because it is not the interpret...
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P. R. v. Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2019 SST 704 - 2019-08-07
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of fact - Perverse or capricious
Summary: EI – The General Division refused the Claimant’s request that his legal fees be pro-rated between the two parts of his settlement that included general damages and pay in lieu of notice – This adjustm...
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D. D. et al. v. Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2019 SST 619 - 2019-06-27
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of fact - Perverse or capricious
Summary: EI – The General Division (GD) was incorrect in finding that there was nothing in the Central terms indicating that the lump sum payment (or a portion of it) was a retroactive increase in wages – The ...
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WC v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2022 SST 397 - 2022-05-16
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedSummary: The Claimant is appealing the General Division (GD) decision. The GD summarily dismissed the Claimant’s appeal because it found that he did not have a reasonable chance of success. It found that the C...
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MT v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 1917 - 2023-11-14
Employment Insurance (EI) - General Division - Appeal dismissedEI - Benefit period - Backdating (antedating) initial claim
Summary: The Appellant’s last day of work was March 10, 2023 and he completed his online application for regular Employment Insurance benefits on March 11, 2023. His benefit period was established starting Mar...
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NB v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 51 - 2023-01-20
Employment Insurance (EI) - General Division - Appeal allowed in partEI - Denied for misconduct - Non-compliance to vaccination policy
Summary: The Claimant worked for the Canada Revenue Agency (employer). In December 2021, her employer put her on administrative leave without pay because she didn’t follow its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination po...
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LC v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2024 SST 114 - 2024-02-07
Other Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - De Novo - Allowed
CPP - Survivor's pension - Common law relationship
Summary: The Claimant was in a relationship with the contributor from 1984 to 1992. In 1992, the contributor started living at a separate address nearby. He was an engineer who did shift work. He was an alcoho...
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IA v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 107 - 2024-02-05
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAgreement/settlement
Appeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following legislation
EI - Qualifying for benefits - Hours of Insurable Employment
Summary: The Appellant applied for Employment Insurance maternity and parental benefits on September 24, 2022. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) decided that the Appellant did not hav...
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AE v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 112 - 2024-02-07
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
Appeal Division - Remedy
EI - Availability for work - While in school/training
Summary: The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) decided that the Appellant was disentitled from receiving Employment Insurance regular benefits from September 7, 2022 to December 2, 2022, ...
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TC v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2023 SST 1817 - 2023-12-19
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedAppeal Division - De Novo - Dismissed
CPP - Disability - Severe - Efforts to work - Substantially gainful
CPP - Disability - Severe - Work capacity
Summary: In February 2006, the Appellant applied for a Canada Pension Plan disability pension, claiming that she was no longer capable of work. The Minister of Employment and Social Development (the Minister) ...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v JP - 2023 SST 1460 - 2023-11-07
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed in partAppeal Division - Error of fact - Without regard to the evidence
Appeal Division - Remedy
EI - Qualifying for benefits - Extension of qualifying period
EI - Qualifying for benefits - Hours of Insurable Employment
Summary: The Claimant applied for Employment Insurance sickness benefits on August 4, 2022. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) established the Claimant’s Employment Insurance claim fro...
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SB v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2023 SST 1954 - 2023-11-29
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - De Novo
Summary: In December 2022, the law about Canada Pension Plan appeals at the Tribunal changed. The new law requires that if the Appeal Division grants permission to appeal, the Appeal Division must hear and det...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v KM - 2020 SST 151 - 2020-02-18
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedSummary: EI – The Claimant left her job when the employer gave her a new work schedule. The Commission determined that the Claimant did not have just cause for leaving her job and disqualified her from receivi...
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LM v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 139 - 2023-02-10
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedSummary: The Appellant collected the maximum 15 weeks of Employment Insurance sickness benefits. After that, she claimed Employment Insurance regular benefits. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the C...
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GP v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 192 - 2023-02-22
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedSummary: The Appellant was a full-time student on a study permit that restricted him to 20 hours a week of work while in school. The Appellant applied for Employment Insurance regular benefits and was paid ben...
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KG v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2023 SST 65 - 2023-01-24
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedSummary: The Appellant worked as a packer in warehouses. In June 2019, she stopped working due to back and leg pain. She applied for a Canada Pension Plan disability pension on October 8, 2019. The Minister of...
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KD v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2020 SST 631 - 2020-07-16
Other Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedSummary: CPP – The Claimant appealed the amount of her retirement pension, arguing that months should have been removed from her contributory period because of her disability. She initially applied for a disab...
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JB v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 1430 - 2023-10-31
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of fact - Without regard to the evidence
EI - Qualifying for benefits - Hours of Insurable Employment
Summary: The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) decided that the Appellant did not qualify for special benefits because she required 600 hours to qualify. It originally found that she had ...
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GM v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2024 SST 263 - 2024-03-14
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following legislation
EI - Earnings - Allocation - Vacation pay
Summary: The Claimant got $4,094.51 from his employer when he stopped working. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (Commission) decided that the money was “earnings” under the law because it was vacatio...
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Minister of Employment and Social Development v LK - 2024 SST 62 - 2024-01-19
Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - De Novo - Allowed
OAS - Residence
Summary: The Claimant applied for an Old Age Security Pension in August 2020. The Minister of Employment and Social Development (the Minister) refused the application because the Claimant did not live in Canad...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v TB - 2023 SST 1815 - 2023-12-19
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedEI - Denied for voluntary leave/quit - Just Cause
Procedural fairness - Right to present your case
Summary: The Claimant made a claim for Employment Insurance benefits. She was a full-time student with a part-time job. When she started her second year of school, she found she could no longer manage the same...
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RG v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2020 SST 635 - 2020-07-22
Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) - Appeal Division - Application for leave to appeal refusedSummary: OAS – period of Canadian residence –
In September 2016, the Claimant applied for an Old Age Security pension (OAS). In 2017, the Minister refused the application, finding that the Claimant had not li...
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HR v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2021 SST 221 - 2021-05-28
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed in partEI - Outside of Canada - Job interview or search
Summary: EI – outside Canada – exception to disentitlement – availability – job search
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v ME - 2020 SST 434 - 2020-05-22
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedEI - Teachers - Teaching on a casual or substitute basis
Summary: EI – The Claimant applied for Employment Insurance benefits after completing a teaching term at the end of June 2019. The Commission found he was not entitled during the summer non-teaching period and...
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RH v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2019 SST 519 - 2019-05-29
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedEI - Teachers - Teaching on a casual or substitute basis
Summary: The Claimant worked as a teacher but was denied benefits by the Commission because, among other things, she was not considered to be employed on a casual or substitute basis. The General Division (GD...