Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles - Chapter 18
CHAPTER 18
The Commission has a policy to encourage a person guilty of abusing or defrauding the Employment Insurance Program to disclose the offences for which he or she is responsible. This is the disclosure policy.
The admission, however, must be authentic in that it must not be related in any way to an investigation already under way. In addition, the facts on the file must confirm that the offence would have led to a penalty or prosecution had there been no disclosure policy.
The person who takes advantage of this policy will not face a monetary penalty or prosecution under the Act and Regulations. Furthermore, the claimant may take advantage of this policy as often as he or she wants as long as the criteria of the policy are met.
In the event the Investigation and Control Officer and the Insurance Officer do not agree on the recommendation to accept or refuse a disclosure and the disagreement cannot be resolved at the first level (Supervisors Insurance and Investigation and Control), the case should be reviewed by the Service Canada Centre Manager before referral to Regional Office. [Also see National Policy]
[October 2005 ]