Checklist for Initial Application for Employment Insurance (8:App A)

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I. ADVICE IF CLIENT HAS NOT YET APPLIED FOR EI: A. APPLY IMMEDIATELY · Apply during the first full week of unemployment when possible. · Donot miss your deadline to apply simply because you do not have the ROE. If necessary, apply without the ROE. · If the application wasnot filed in the first week, then the claimant should ask for the claim tobe“antedated”to the date it should have been filed. “Good cause” must exist to justify each day itwas delayed prior to applying (see Section V: The Benefit Period).B. WARNING · Statements made unwittingly over the phone can be used to disqualify the claimant. C. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PROCESS THE APPLICATION? · From six to eight weeks depending on administrative delay. Benefits can be retroactive if there isan administrative delay.· Emergency financial support can be obtained from income assistance: this is a loan and itmust berepaid when the client receivesEID. REASON FOR LEAVING 1. DID YOU LEAVE VOLUNTARILY? · Why did the claimant leave? · Was there “just cause” (see Section VIII.E.1: Just Cause for Voluntarily Leaving Employment)?· The Commission’ s determination of“just cause” can be appealed to the General Division. 2. WERE YOU FIRED? · Why was the claimant fired? · Was there “misconduct”by the claimant (see Section VIII.E.2: Misconduct).· The determination of“misconduct” can be appealed to the General Division. E. QUALIFYING FOR EI1. AVAILABILITY a)Are you available for work? · Caring for others may mean you are not available for work. What arrangements for childcare, for instance, have you made when you obtain work? · Studying full time will likely mean you are not available for work. · Studying part time may also mean you arenot considered available for work. You will have to prove availability, i.e. that a course does not interfere with the job search (see Section VIII: Benefit Entitlement).· You cannot beon vacation. · Narrowly restricting your salary expectations, the type of work sought, the work location, or your work schedule can result in a determination that you are not available for work. 8-472. CAPABILITY a)Are you capable of working? · You cannot be ill or injured or otherwise incapable of working to qualify (see Section VII.C: Sickness Benefits and VII.E: Pregnancy Benefits).3. UNABLE TO FIND SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT a)Were you offered employment that was unsuitable? · Were you offered employment in the same occupation for lower pay, inpoorer working conditions?· Were you offered employment in a different occupation, but atlower payinpoorer working conditions?b)Keep a Job Search Record (see Section X.A: Job Search Record) · Where have you sent resumes? Write down the date, and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of companies contacted. · Names of people who you spoke with.· What dates did you check the job postings board?· Have you participated in any job search clubs?F. APPEAL ANY UNFAVOURABLE DECISION