Summary:

When claimant pursued a court action and later received an out-of-court settlement, it significantly altered the nature of the monies. Had she initially received severance pay it would have been exempt at that time. When she accepted a settlement, it was no longer an exception.

Summary:

Settlement awards will be severed into components of lost income and other heads of damages (legal fees, interest) which are not allocatable. As such, the Board has properly severed these amounts, and properly allocated the remainder.

Summary:

Claimant argues that the settlement received was not insurable earnings and the payer did not have to make UI deductions. Whether the amount is insurable or not does not change the amount's status of monies received in the context of the UI Act.