Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles
- 21.1.0 EVIDENCE AND PROOF DEFINED
- 21.1.1 What We Mean When We Use the Words Evidence and Proof
- 21.1.2 Evidence Defined
- 21.1.3 Types of Evidence
- 21.1.4 Direct Evidence
- 21.1.5 Indirect Evidence
- 21.2.0 PROVING THE FACTS
- 21.2.1 The Three-Step Process
- 21.2.2 Gathering All Available Evidence
- 21.2.3 Evaluating the Evidence
- 21.2.4 Deciding If the Stated Facts Have Been Proven
- 21.2.5 Balance of Probabilities
- 21.3.0 BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND REASONABLE DOUBT
- 21.3.1 Benefit of the Doubt
- 21.3.2 Reasonable Doubt
- 21.3.3 Good Faith
- 21.4.0 WHO PROVES WHAT
- 21.4.1 Responsibilities of the Claimant and the Commission
- 21.4.2 Common Situations and the Proof Required
- 21.4.3 Proof of an Interruption of Earnings
- 21.4.4 Antedating of an Initial Claim
- 21.4.5 Week of Unemployment
- 21.4.6 Earnings
- 21.4.7 Voluntarily Leaving Employment with Just Cause
- 21.4.8 Misconduct
- 21.4.9 Labour Disputes
- 21.4.10 Refusal of Employment
- 21.4.11 Availability
- 21.4.12 Sickness Benefits
- 21.4.13 Maternity and Parental Benefits