Employment Insurance Regulations - Part V - Administrative Provisions
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PART V
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Boards of Referees
78. (1) Wherever practicable, members of a board of referees shall be selected in rotation from each of the panels established under subsection 111(3) of the Act.
(2) No person shall be a member of a board of referees for the consideration of a case
(a) in which that person is or has been a representative of the claimant or the employer;
(b) by which that person is or may be directly affected; or
(c) in which that person has taken any part in the proceedings either on behalf of an association or as a witness or otherwise.
(3) Any claim for benefits or any question that is appealed to a board of referees may be considered if
(a) the chairperson and one half of the members of the board are present; and
(b) the claimant or the claimant's representative and the employer or the employer's representative consent.
(4) In the case of a tie vote in an appeal referred to in subsection (3), the chairperson has a casting vote.
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