| Issue: | Sub-Issue1 | Sub-Issue2 | Sub-Issue3 | | maternity benefits | earnings |
Summary: Alleged discrimination since regular claimants are allowed 25% of their earnings while maternity claimants are not. Not sustainable under the Bill of Rights. |
| Issue: | Sub-Issue1 | Sub-Issue2 | Sub-Issue3 | | earnings | relief grants |
Summary: Relief grant bears the connotation of freely given assistance for the destitute who are markedly more needy than the general population among whom they live and work. Northern accommodation allowance is not a relief grant. |
| Issue: | Sub-Issue1 | Sub-Issue2 | Sub-Issue3 | | earnings | income | elected or appointed representative |
Summary: As an elected alderman of the city, claimant was entitled to receive a stipend and a tax-free allowance: the stipend is income and the allowance, being provided to compensate for expenses incurred, is not income. See reg. 57(6)(a)(i). |
| Issue: | Sub-Issue1 | Sub-Issue2 | Sub-Issue3 | | earnings | bonus | cost-of-living |
Summary: Claimant, a resident of N.W.T., continued to receive accommodation allowance or northern benefits during maternity leave. The tax-free aspect of it does not necessarily mean non-insurable earnings. Not an allowance for expenses and not a relief grant. |
