A worker who received $13,500 in general damages after settling a wrongful dismissal lawsuit will not have to repay employment insurance benefits on that amount, the Appeal Division of the …
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A roofing worker disqualified from employment insurance benefits after his employer initially reported him as having quit has had that disqualification overturned by the Appeal Division of the Social … …
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A self-employed property maintenance worker who was awarded Employment Insurance benefits by the General Division will have to make his case again, after the Appeal Division of the Social Security …
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Appeal Division upholds EI benefits denial for educational assistant over job search efforts
The Social Security Tribunal of Canada’s Appeal Division has ruled that a former educational assistant is not entitled to employment insurance benefits for the summer of 2025, finding she failed …
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A woman who travelled from British Columbia to stay with her husband in Seattle is disentitled to employment insurance benefits for three of the five days she spent outside Canada, …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Worker’s $121K payout counts as earnings for EI purposes, appeal tribunal rules
A former municipal employee has lost his bid to overturn a ruling that a $121,382 payment from his ex-employer counts as earnings for employment insurance purposes, after the Social Security …
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The Federal Court has dismissed an application for judicial review filed by a construction worker who was denied regular employment insurance benefits after he lost his job for refusing to …
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A receptionist who quit a new job after three days will get a fresh review of her employment insurance claim after the Appeal Division of the Social Security Tribunal of …
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The Social Security Tribunal’s Appeal Division has ordered a fresh look at an Employment Insurance sickness benefits claim, finding the General Division made errors of law and fact when it …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Worker fired for skipping fall protection loses EI benefits on appeal
A worker who climbed atop a sand truck without fall protection and was later fired has been disqualified from receiving employment insurance benefits, after the Social Security Tribunal of Canada’s …


