Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles

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CHAPTER 10 - AVAILABILITY

10.1.0    AUTHORITY
10.1.1    Applicability
10.1.2    Concept of Availability
10.1.3    Availability Defined
10.1.4    Guiding Questions
10.1.5    Duration of Disentitlement
10.2.0    PROOF
10.2.1    Evidence of Non-Availability
10.2.2    Mere Statement Accepted
10.2.3    Presumption of Non-Availability
10.2.4    Subjective Considerations
10.2.5    Objective Considerations
10.3.0    CREDIBILITY
10.3.1    Explanation
10.3.2    Contradictory Statements
10.3.3   Change in Attitude
10.4.0    PRACTICAL APPLICATION
10.4.1    Standard Availability Defined
10.4.2.1   Immediate Availability
10.4.2.2   Restricted Availability
10.4.3   Concepts of Reasonable Period and Warning to Claimant
10.4.4    Restrictions
10.4.5    Voluntary Restrictions
10.4.6    Involuntary Restrictions
10.4.7    Established Work Experience
10.4.8    Other Factors Affecting a Reasonable Period
10.5.0    WAGES OR SALARY
10.5.1    Preference or Restriction
10.5.2    First Weeks of Benefit Period
10.5.3    Expiry of Reasonable Period
10.5.4    Skilled Workers
10.5.5    Union Members
10.5.6    Extreme Restrictions
10.5.7    Exceptions
10.6.0    TYPE OF WORK
10.6.1    Preference or Restriction
10.6.2    First Weeks of Benefit Period
10.6.3    Expiry of Reasonable Period
10.6.4    Exceptions
10.6.5    Unskilled Labour
10.6.6    Occupations Requiring Training
10.6.7    Union Members
10.6.8    Business and Office Employees
10.6.9    School-Related Occupations
10.6.10  Artists and Professionals
10.7.0   HOURS OF WORK
10.7.1    Pattern of Part-Time Work
10.7.2    No Pattern of Part-Time Work
10.7.3    Not Available for Part-Time Work
10.7.4    Presently Employed Part-Time
10.7.5    Evening or Shift Work
10.7.6    Daily Schedule Restricted
10.8.0    AVAILABILITY FOR TEMPORARY WORK
10.8.1    Short-Term Lay-Off
10.8.2    Definite Recall Date
10.8.3    Seasonal Workers
10.8.4    Awaiting Grievance Results
10.8.5    Available for a Short Period
10.8.6    Not Available for Temporary Work
10.9.0    COMMUTING DISTANCE
10.9.1    Urban Communities
10.9.2    Rural Areas
10.9.3    Isolated Areas
10.9.4    Moving From an Urban Centre
10.9.5    Returning Home
10.10.0    INVOLUNTARY RESTRICTIONS
10.10.1    Incapacity
10.10.2    Limited Capability
10.10.3    Handicap
10.10.4    Pregnancy and Childbirth
10.10.5    Family Obligations
10.10.6    Religious Obligations
10.10.7    Union Rules
10.10.8    Expiry of Work Permit
10.11.0    ABSENCE FROM HOME
10.11.1    Visiting Family or Friends
10.11.2    On Vacation
10.11.3    Looking for Work
10.11.4    Sickness or Death in Family
10.11.5    Staying at the Cottage
10.11.6    Hospitalization
10.11.7    Imprisonment
10.11.8.0    Out of Canada
10.11.8.1    Calculation of the 7 or 14 days period
10.11.8.2   Regular Benefits and the Availability provision
10.11.8.3    Special Benefits
10.11.8.4   Job Search
10.11.8.5    Training and Self-Employment Employment Benefit
10.12.0    COURSES OF INSTRUCTION/EMPLOYMENT MEASURES
10.12.1    Persons Referred to Courses or Programs of Instruction
10.12.2   Persons Attending Courses on Their Own Initiative
10.12.2.1       Legislative Authority
10.12.2.2      Proof of Availability Required
10.12.2.3       Fact Finding
10.12.2.4      Concept of Case-by-Case
10.12.2.5       Presumption of Non-Availability
10.12.2.6       Factors to Consider
10.12.2.7       Employment Opportunities in the Labour Market
10.12.2.8      Availability Outside Normal Working Hours
10.12.2.9       Reasonable Period
10.12.2.10    Non-Referred Foreign Students
10.12.2.11     Non-Availability
10.13.0    PERSONAL BUSINESS
10.13.1    Volunteer Work
10.13.2    Building and Repairs
10.13.3    Starting a Business
10.13.4    Family Business
10.13.5    Jury or Emergency Duty
10.13.6    Running for Office