Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles
- 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
- 10.4.0 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