Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles
10.1.0 AUTHORITY
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10.1.1 Applicability
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10.1.2 Concept of Availability
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10.1.3 Availability Defined
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10.1.4 Guiding Questions
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10.1.5 Duration of Disentitlement
10.2.0 PROOF
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10.2.1 Evidence of Non-Availability
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10.2.2 Mere Statement Accepted
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10.2.3 Presumption of Non-Availability
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10.2.4 Subjective Considerations
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10.2.5 Objective Considerations
10.3.0 CREDIBILITY
10.4.0 PRACTICAL APPLICATION
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10.4.1 Standard Availability Defined
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10.4.2.1 Immediate Availability
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10.4.2.2 Restricted Availability
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10.4.3 Concepts of Reasonable Period and Warning to Claimant
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10.4.4 Restrictions
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10.4.5 Voluntary Restrictions
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10.4.6 Involuntary Restrictions
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10.4.7 Established Work Experience
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10.4.8 Other Factors Affecting a Reasonable Period
10.5.0 WAGES OR SALARY
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10.5.1 Preference or Restriction
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10.5.2 First Weeks of Benefit Period
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10.5.3 Expiry of Reasonable Period
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10.5.4 Skilled Workers
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10.5.5 Union Members
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10.5.6 Extreme Restrictions
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10.5.7 Exceptions
10.6.0 TYPE OF WORK
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10.6.1 Preference or Restriction
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10.6.2 First Weeks of Benefit Period
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10.6.3 Expiry of Reasonable Period
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10.6.4 Exceptions
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10.6.5 Unskilled Labour
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10.6.6 Occupations Requiring Training
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10.6.7 Union Members
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10.6.8 Business and Office Employees
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10.6.9 School-Related Occupations
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10.6.10 Artists and Professionals
10.7.0 HOURS OF WORK
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10.7.1 Pattern of Part-Time Work
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10.7.2 No Pattern of Part-Time Work
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10.7.3 Not Available for Part-Time Work
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10.7.4 Presently Employed Part-Time
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10.7.5 Evening or Shift Work
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10.7.6 Daily Schedule Restricted
10_8_0 AVAILABILITY FOR TEMPORARY WORK
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10_8_1 Short-Term Lay-Off
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10_8_2 Definite Recall Date
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10_8_3 Seasonal Workers
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10_8_4 Awaiting Grievance Results
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10_8_5 Available for a Short Period
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10_8_6 Not Available for Temporary Work
10_9_0 COMMUTING DISTANCE
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10_9_1 Urban Communities
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10_9_2 Rural Areas
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10_9_3 Isolated Areas
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10_9_4 Moving From an Urban Centre
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10_9_5 Returning Home
10.10.0 INVOLUNTARY RESTRICTIONS
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10.10.1 Incapacity
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10.10.2 Limited Capability
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10.10.3 Handicap
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10.10.4 Pregnancy and Childbirth
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10.10.5 Family Obligations
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10.10.6 Religious Obligations
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10.10.7 Union Rules
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10.10.8 Expiry of Work Permit
10.11.0 ABSENCE FROM HOME
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10.11.1 Visiting Family or Friends
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10.11.2 On Vacation
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10.11.3 Looking for Work
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10.11.4 Sickness or Death in Family
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10.11.5 Staying at the Cottage
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10.11.6 Hospitalization
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10.11.7 Imprisonment
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10.11.8.0 Out of Canada
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10.11.8.1 Calculation of the 7 or 14 days period
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10.11.8.2 Regular Benefits and the Availability provision
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10.11.8.3 Special Benefits
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10.11.8.4 Job Search
10.12.0 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION/EMPLOYMENT MEASURES
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10.12.1 Persons Referred to Courses or Programs of Instruction
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10.12.2 Persons Attending Courses on Their Own Initiative
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10.12.2.1 Legislative Authority
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10.12.2.2 Proof of Availability Required
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10.12.2.3 Fact Finding
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10.12.2.4 Concept of Case-by-Case
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10.12.2.5 Presumption of Non-Availability
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10.12.2.6 Factors to Consider
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10.12.2.7 Employment Opportunities in the Labour Market
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10.12.2.8 Availability Outside Normal Working Hours
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10.12.2.9 Reasonable Period
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10.12.2.10 Non-Referred Foreign Students
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10.12.2.11 Non-Availability
10.13.0 PERSONAL BUSINESS