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== C. EI Jurisprudence Online ==

The EI homepage at https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei.html provides Employment Insurance and leave information for workers, families, fishers, and sickness, as well as information on how to apply and how to submit a report. This website is a good starting place when researching EI information.

When preparing an appeal, it is helpful to read decisions on cases that are similar to yours. The Social Security Tribunal (“SST”) has an online library of past decisions. These decisions can be searched via a search engine located at https://decisions.sst-tss.gc.ca/sst-tss/ei-ae/en/nav_date.do.

    

CanLII also has a database of SST decisions located at http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/sst/.

Note that the SST ''does not'' have to follow previous SST decisions, but these could influence their decision. A prior decision may be at most persuasive, especially where the facts are similar. The tribunal must, however, follow rulings of theFederal Court, Court of Appeal, and theSupreme Court of Canada.

The Jurisprudence Library is a search tool that provided access to a database of significant and relevant decisions. Now replaced by the SST library of decisions listed above, the Jurisprudence Library housed decisions by the Umpires, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Last updated in 2022, these decisions can be searched via a search engine located at https://jurisprudence.service.canada.ca/search/index.html.

:'''Note''': The Umpires were the highest level of appeal in the EI system before being replaced by the appeal division of the SST. Canadian Umpire Benefit (CUB) decisions are decisions made by the Umpire.

A useful resource can be found in the "Employment Insurance Appeal Decisions Favourable to Workers" decisions database. The database makes available a collection of Employment Insurance jurisprudence where decisions were favourable to workers. One should be aware, however, that this section has not been updated to reflect some recent rulings favourable to workers. '''At the time of writing, this section was last updated in September 2012'''. The database can be found at: https://jurisprudence.service.canada.ca/eng/board/favourable_jurisprudence/favourable_decisions_toc.shtml.

== D. Tax Court Decisions ==