A View from the Courts

"A View from the Courts" is an independently compiled library of the Federal Court and various other tribunals' interpretation or guiding principles of the Employment Insurance Act. To use this research tool you do not need a legal background or knowledge of the Employment Insurance Act. A more complete version of the Court's and tribunals' guiding principles can be found in the Judicial Interpretations on the Office of the Umpire's Web Site.

SUBJECT INDEX

Relevant Sections of the Act and Regulations

• EIA - Employment Insurance Act  
• EIR - Employment Insurance Regulations  
• UIA - Unemployment Insurance Act  
• UIR - Unemployment Insurance Regulation  
  
  
  

Adoption Benefits (see Parental Benefits) 

 

Amendment of Decision 

120 EIA  

Antedate 

10(4) EIA   

Appeal to Board of Referees 

24, 25, 114 EIA  - 83 EIR  - 24, 25, 26 UIA    

Appeal to Umpire 

115, 116, 117, 118 EIA   

Availability 

18, 50(8) EIA  

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 

Claim Procedure and Entitlement to Benefits 

37, 48, 49, 50 EIA  - 26 (1), 55 EIR  - 41 UIA   

Commission Error (see: Appeal to Board of Referees, Appeal to Umpire)

 

Course of Instruction (see Availability) 

Earnings 

35 EIR  - 57 UIR  

Earnings - Allocation 

35 EIR  - 57 UIR   

Eligibility for Benefits 

5, 7, 8, 11, 90, 103 EIA  - 14, 17 EIR  

False and Misleading Statements 

7.1, 38, 39, 40, 41, 52, 135 EIA   

Insurable Employment

5, 7, 8, 90, 103 EIA  - 17 EIR  

Interruption of Earnings

2, 11, 23 EIA  - 14 EIR  

Labour Disputes 

2(1), 13, 25, 26, 36 EIA  - 52, 53 EIR   

Misconduct 

30, 31, 33, 34, 51 EIA   

New Facts (see Amendment of Decision) 

Other Late Claims 

10(5) EIA  - 26 EIR   

Parental Benefits 

6, 12, 13, 23 EIA   

Qualifying Period )

2, 7, 8 EIA  - 17 EIR  

Reconsideration of Claim and Liability for Overpayment 

43, 44, 47, 52, 114 EIA  - 56 EIR  - 35, 36, 43(1), 79 UIA  - 60 UIR   

Self-employed 

11(1) EIA  - 30 EIR  

Teachers 

54(j) EIA  - 33 EIR   

Voluntary Leaving 

29, 30, 32, 51 EIA