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== A. Keeping Up to Date on Changes to Employment Insurance == | == A. Keeping Up to Date on Changes to Employment Insurance == | ||
When working with an EI claim, always ensure that you are working with the most updated information. Consult Service | When working with an EI claim, always ensure that you are working with the most updated information. Consult Service Canada's Employment Insurance website before proceeding. | ||
Employment Insurance (EI) is a contributory federal social insurance scheme that pays benefits to eligible workers who lose their jobs or who cannot work due to illness, pregnancy or due to responsibilities for a newborn or newly-adopted child, an ill family member, or person who considers the claimant to be like a family member. Service Canada and the Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) administer and act as the registry for the system. | |||
EI | Under the ''Employment Insurance Act'', SC 1996, c 23 [''EI Act''], both employees and employers are required to contribute to the payment of premiums. A claimant is not automatically entitled to benefits for loss of employment because he or she paid premiums. Certain criteria (see '''Section IV: Qualifying for EI''') must be met before benefits are payable. | ||
The EI regime is a multistage system. the list immediately below shows the process of decisions and appeals under the regime: | |||
# decision made by an agent of the Commission affecting the Claimant, employer, and the Commission itself; | |||
# party applies to the Commission for Reconsideration of the Commission's decision; | |||
# party appeals to the Employment Insurance section of the General Division of the SST (Social Security Tribunal of Canada); | |||
# party appeals decision of the General Division to the Appeal Division of the SST; | |||
# in exceptional cases, claimant applies to Federal Court of Appeal to set aside decision of the SST. | |||
A separate appeal structure exists for cases concerning insurability of employment. This structure is set out in '''Section XII. A. 3 Insurability Decisions'''. | |||
== B. Deadlines for Appeals == | |||
* For Requests for Reconsideration: 30 days | |||
* For appeals to the General Division: 30 days from the date the Reconsideration decision was communicated to the applicant | |||
* For appeals to the Appeal Division: 30 days from the time the decision was communicated to the applicant unless an extension of time is granted | |||
* For judicial review to the Federal Court of Appeal: 30 days from the date of the decision was communicated (Federal Courts Act, RSC 1985, c F-7, s 19.1). | |||
For rulings that must be decided by the CRA: | |||
* For a claimant’s requests for rulings to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA): Before June 30th in the year following the year to which the question relates. Note that the CRA rules on insurability issues. | |||
*For appeals to the Minister of National Revenue from a CRA decision: 90 days from the date of the notification of the ruling (EI Act, s 91). | |||
== B. General Information == | == B. General Information == |
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