Board of Referees - Employment Insurance ( EI ) Appeals

This site provides Board members and the Public with reference materials and information pertaining to the Employment Insurance appeals system and the structure, role and responsibilities of the Employment Insurance Boards of Referees. To access this information, choose from the selections below and click on the appropriate text.

New appointment to the Canada Employment Insurance Commission
Message to the Board of Referees chairpersons and members concerning the appointment of the new commissioners.

Board of Referees' Quick Reference Tool
This tool provides you with Employment Insurance legislation and jurisprudence references. Specifically, it provides you with the "questions to answer" for Employment Insurance issues, along with references, legal tests, onus of proof and key case law. Hyperlinks to source documents allow you to quickly research an issue.

Handbook for Employment Insurance Boards of Referees
The purpose of this handbook is to provide an overview of the Employment Insurance appeals system, and the structure, role and responsibilities of the Employment Insurance (EI) Boards of Referees as prescribed by the Employment Insurance Act and Regulations and existing jurisprudence.

Template of a Board of Referees Decision
This section contains a template for the Board of Referees decision.

Tribunal Proceedings
This work has been written to assist the initial and continuing training of chairpersons and members of boards of referees. The aim of the work is to situate employment insurance procedure within the general framework of Canadian administrative law.

View from the courts
« A View from the Courts» is an independently compiled library of the Federal Court and various other tribunals' interpretation or guiding principles of the Employment Insurance Act.

Judicial Interpretations
The purpose of this site is to provide users with the principles of law — those established by the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the issues that most frequently arise under the former Unemployment Insurance Act and the new Employment Insurance Act.

Boards of Referees' Policy
Training Program for Employment Insurance Board of Referees
Boards of Referees Policy and Administration Pursuant to section 111 of the Employment Insurance Act and section 78 of the Regulations.

Service Pledge
Message from the Board of Referees.

Employment Insurance – Acts and Regulations
This section contains the current legislation, the archived Acts and past amendments, as well as the archived Regulations and past amendments.

Board of Referees Survey
This section contains information and results regarding a survey conducted of all Board of Referees members and chairpersons with respect to their training curriculum.