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PF v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2022 SST 410 - 2022-05-23
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Application for leave to appeal refusedSummary: The Applicant applied for Employment Insurance regular benefits in July 2021, and his application was approved. In November 2021, the Applicant left Canada and travelled to a secondary residence in th...
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SB v Minister of Employment and Social Development and X - 2024 SST 50 - 2024-01-11
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - General Division - Appeal dismissedCPP - Death benefit
Summary: On August 17, 2013, C.B. passed away. A funeral was held. On September 5, 2013, the Added Party, X, provided the Minister of Employment and Social Development (the Minister) with a death benefit appli...
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BA v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2023 SST 1865 - 2023-12-20
Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) - General Division - Appeal allowed in partOAS - Residence - Factors used to determine residence
Summary: The Appellant was born in India on April X, 1951. He came to Canada as a permanent resident on November 17, 2000. He became a Canadian citizen in 2010. Since coming to Canada, he has also spent time i...
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NS v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 1686 - 2023-11-07
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAgreement/settlement
EI - Availability for work - While in school/training
Procedural fairness - Right to present your case
Summary: The Appellant applied for Employment Insurance regular benefits. In his application for benefits, the Appellant said that he was taking a course on his own initiative.
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v HC - 2023 SST 1379 - 2023-10-20
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
EI - Denied for voluntary leave/quit - Reasonable alternative(s) to leaving
Summary: The General Division found that the Respondent had been suspended from her employment because of misconduct. She had not complied with her employer’s vaccination policy. This meant that she was disent...
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ZL v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 1753 - 2023-11-28
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedJurisdiction
Late appeals - Over one year
Summary: The Appellant received only partial benefits while he was on a work-share program. However, his employer never paid its portion, so the Appellant asked the Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the ...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v SB - 2023 SST 1794 - 2023-12-12
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowed in partAppeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following legislation
EI - ERB
Summary: The Claimant made a claim for the Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit (ERB). Under the ERB program, claimants were entitled to a $500.00 weekly benefit if they met the ERB eligibility requ...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v AM - 2023 SST 1329 - 2023-10-03
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAgreement/settlement
Appeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
EI - ERB
Summary: The Respondent applied for Employment Insurance benefits and claimed the Emergency Response Benefit. After he applied, the Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) advanced him $2000.00...
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SM v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2023 SST 1764 - 2023-12-07
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedCPP - Disability - Severe
Summary: The Appellant is a 42-year-old survivor of an abusive relationship. In September 2018, the Appellant was arguing with her then boyfriend when he took out a gun and threatened to kill himself. When she...
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MH v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2023 SST 1457 - 2023-11-27
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - De Novo - Allowed
CPP - Disability
Late request for reconsideration
Summary: The Appellant is a former financial planning associate at a bank. She has a long history of mental health problems. She went on sick leave in August 2017 and hasn’t worked since. The Appellant applied...
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BH v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2023 SST 1296 - 2023-09-27
Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedAppeal Division - De Novo - Dismissed
Guaranteed Income Supplement - Eligibility
Summary: The Appellant applied for the Guaranteed Income Supplement in April 2006. In her application, she said she was widowed. The Minister of Employment and Social Development (the Minister) approved the ap...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v LC et al. - 2024 SST 24 - 2024-01-09
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of law - Misinterpreting or not following case law
Charter appeals - Merits
EI - Maternity and parental benefits - Benefit window
EI - Number of weeks of regular benefits
EI - Qualifying for benefits - Extension of qualifying period
Summary: The Claimants received parental and maternity benefits. They all lost their jobs before or after they were off work or during that time. Then, they all applied for Employment Insurance (EI) regular be...
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HM v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 1330 - 2023-10-04
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of law
Jurisdiction
Late appeals - Extension of time
Procedural fairness
Summary: The Appellant made a claim for Employment Insurance benefits. The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) decided that the Appellant was not entitled to receive benefits from June 21, ...
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PM v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2020 SST 487 - 2020-06-10
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedSummary: CPP – In January 2013, the Claimant applied for Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability benefits but the Minister refused her application. She first appealed to the General Division (GD) that dismissed t...
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TF v Minister of Employment and Social Development and DP - 2022 SST 407 - 2022-05-20
Other Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedSummary: The Applicant asked the Federal Court of Appeal to review the decision of the Appeal Division of the Social Security Tribunal. The Appeal Division found that the Applicant was not entitled to a surviv...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v LJ - 2022 SST 380 - 2022-05-10
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedSummary: The Respondent applied for parental benefits under the Employment Insurance Act, on March 4, 2021. In her application, she elected to receive extended parental benefits and received her first payment ...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v JJ - 2022 SST 202 - 2022-03-25
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedAppeal Division - Error of law
Appeal Division - Error of law - Ignoring evidence
Summary: The Claimant applied for and received Employment Insurance maternity and parental benefits. On her application for benefits, she selected the standard option, which pays a higher rate of benefits over...
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Canada Employment Insurance Commission v DB - 2022 SST 1450 - 2022-12-12
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedSummary: The Respondent (Claimant) applied for Employment Insurance benefits after losing his job. The Claimant lost his job after the company for which he worked for restructured. The Claimant received and si...
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DN v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2020 SST 650 - 2020-07-28
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedSummary: DESDA – new material fact –
The General Division (GD) rejected an application to rescind or amend its own decision; it ruled that a Catastrophic Determination Assessment (CDA) report was not a “new m...
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J. B. v. Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2018 SST 295 - 2018-03-28
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Application for leave to appeal refusedSummary: Canada Pension Plan – disability – severe – efforts to work – substantially gainful
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RF v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2023 SST 185 - 2023-02-17
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedSummary: The Applicant was dismissed by his employer on the ground that he refused to comply with the employer’s mandatory policy to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination. The Applicant had requested an exemption from...
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SI v Minister of Employment and Social Development - 2022 SST 1237 - 2022-11-14
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability - Appeal Division - Appeal allowedAppeal Division - Error of law
Appeal Division - Error of law - Ignoring evidence
CPP - Disability
CPP - Disability - Pension cancelled
CPP - Disability - Severe - Work capacity - Benevolent employer
Summary: The Claimant worked as a pharmacist until January 2010. He stopped working due to chronic back pain. He applied for a Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability pension in August 2010. The Minister approved...
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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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LD v Canada Employment Insurance Commission - 2020 SST 688 - 2020-08-10
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Appeal dismissedSummary: EI – availability – reasonable and customary job search efforts –
The Claimant was laid off and applied for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits. After he started a course to upgrade his skills, the Com...
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X v Canada Employment Insurance Commission and OR - 2020 SST 696 - 2020-08-13
Employment Insurance (EI) - Appeal Division - Application for leave to appeal refusedSummary: DESDA – direct interest of added party – res judicata –
The General Division (GD) denied the Employer’s request to be added as a party to the appeal. Before the Appeal Division (AD), the Employer arg...