Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles
8.1.0 AUTHORITY
- 8.1.1 Purpose
- 8.1.2 Scope
- 8.1.3 Prerequisites
- 8.1.4 Exempting Conditions
- 8.1.5 Commencement of the Period of Disentitlement
- 8.1.6 Disentitlement for Days in a Week
- 8.1.7 Suspension of the Period of Disentitlement
- 8.1.8 Termination of the Period of Disentitlement
- 8.1.9 Proof
- 8.1.10 Newspaper Articles and Press Releases
8.2.0 LABOUR DISPUTE
- 8.2.1 Labour Dispute Defined
- 8.2.2 Distinctive Features of a Dispute
- 8.2.3 Parties to the Dispute
- 8.2.4 Matters in Dispute
- 8.2.5 Dispute at Place of Employment
- 8.2.6 Merits of Dispute
- 8.2.7 Commencement of Dispute
- 8.2.8 Settlement of Dispute
- 8.2.9 Sympathetic Dispute
8.3.0 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
- 8.3.1 Distinct Geographic Site
- 8.3.2 Activities or Services Sharing the Same Physical Site
- 8.3.3 Construction Industry
- 8.3.4 Logging Industry
- 8.3.5 Commercial Vehicles
- 8.3.6 Businesses of National Scope
- 8.3.7 Merchant Marine
8.4.0 STOPPAGE OF WORK
- 8.4.1 Stoppage of Work Defined
- 8.4.2 Scope of Work Stoppage
- 8.4.3 Cause-and-Effect Relationship Between Labour Dispute and Stoppage of Work
8.5.0 LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT, UNABLE TO RESUME AN EMPLOYMENT
- 8.5.1 Loss of Employment
- 8.5.2 Unable to Resume an Employment
- 8.5.3 Loss of or Unable to Resume Employment Because of a Stoppage of Work
- 8.5.4 Multiple Disputes or Stoppages
- 8.5.5 Lay-Off Prior to Stoppage of Work
- 8.5.6 Voluntarily Leaving Prior to Stoppage
- 8.5.7 On Leave at Time of Stoppage of Work
- 8.5.8 Recall to Work
- 8.5.9 Probationary Employees
- 8.5.10 Part-Time Employees
- 8.5.11 Temporary Employees
- 8.5.12 Casual Employees
- 8.5.13 Employees Hired or Recalled by Reason of Stoppage of Work
8.6.0 PARTICIPATION
- 8.6.1 Participation Defined
- 8.6.2 Union or Other Representation
- 8.6.3 Honouring the Picket Line
- 8.6.4 Lay-Off or No Work Available
- 8.6.5 Right to Cross Picket Line
- 8.6.6 Voluntary Withdrawal of Labour
- 8.6.7 Rebuttal of Voluntary Withdrawal
- 8.6.8 Legitimate Fear of Violence
- 8.6.9 Duration of Participation
8.7.0 FINANCING
- 8.7.1 What Does Financing a Dispute Mean?
- 8.7.2 Who Is Financing a Dispute?
- 8.7.3 Strike Fund
- 8.7.4 Other Forms of Financing
- 8.7.5 Period of Financing
8.8.0 DIRECT INTEREST
- 8.8.1 Definition of the Expression Directly Interested
- 8.8.2 Ratification of Collective Agreement
- 8.8.3 Several Labour Agreements in Dispute
- 8.8.4 Working Conditions Governed by Legislation
- 8.8.5 Application or Interpretation of a Clause
- 8.8.6 Dispute Over Union Affiliation
- 8.8.7 Employment or Dismissal of Certain Employees
- 8.8.8 Policy of Union Solidarity
- 8.8.9 Rebuttal of Direct Interest
- 8.8.10 Non-Union Workers
- 8.8.11 Duration of Direct Interest
8.9.0 DISENTITLEMENT FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS IN A WEEK
- 8.9.1 Part-Time Employment
- 8.9.2 Disentitlement Proportional to Part-Time Employment
- 8.9.3 Average Weekly Earnings from Part-Time Employment
- 8.9.4 Weekly Insurable Earnings in the Rate Calculation Period
8.10.0 SUSPENSION OF THE DISENTITLEMENT
- 8.10.1 Otherwise Entitled to Benefits
- 8.10.2 Supplementary Condition
- 8.10.3 Acceptable Proof
- 8.10.4 Period Suspended
8.11.0 TERMINATION OF THE STOPPAGE OF WORK
- 8.11.1 Normal Situation
- 8.11.2 Settlement of Dispute, Resumption of Activities
- 8.11.3 Circumstances Preventing the Attainment of a Minimum of 85%
- 8.11.4 Discontinuance of Business, Permanent Restructuring, Act of God
- 8.11.5 Changes Due to Technology, Economic or Market Conditions
- 8.11.6 Exceptional or Temporary Measures
- 8.11.7 New Employees Permanently Hired
- 8.11.8 Shutdown During the Off-Season
8.12.0 OTHER EMPLOYMENT DURING THE STOPPAGE OF WORK
8.13.0 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT DURING A WORK STOPPAGE
- 8.13.1 Complete and Final Severance of the Employer-Employee Relationship
- 8.13.2 Temporary Employment or Employment About to Terminate
- 8.13.3 Dismissal
- 8.13.4 Resignation
- 8.13.5 Retirement
