Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles

4.1.0  AUTHORITY

• 4.1.1  Application
• 4.1.2  Week of Unemployment Defined
• 4.1.3  Amount to be Deducted
• 4.1.4  Factors to Consider
• 4.1.5  Activities to be Disregarded

4.2.0  PROOF

• 4.2.1  Onus of Proof
• 4.2.2  Evidence Inadequate
• 4.2.3  Contradictory Statements
• 4.2.4  Original Statement Denied

4.3.0  HOURS CONTROLLED BY EMPLOYER

• 4.3.1  Employees in General
• 4.3.2  Piece Workers
• 4.3.3  Railway Employees
• 4.3.4  Employees in Farming or Horticulture
• 4.3.5  Lay Days or Periods of Leave

4.4.0  REMUNERATION WITHOUT WORK

• 4.4.1  Annual Vacation Period
• 4.4.2  Leave With Pay
• 4.4.3  Compensatory Leave
• 4.4.4  Deferred Salary Leave Plans
• 4.4.5  Off-Season Covered by Contract
• 4.4.6  Notice and Severance Pay
• 4.4.7  Damages for Wrongful Dismissal
• 4.4.8  Stand-by-hours

4.5.0  WORK WITHOUT REMUNERATION

• 4.5.1  For an Employer
• 4.5.2  Training Period
• 4.5.3  Bankruptcy
• 4.5.4  For a Relative or Friend
• 4.5.5  For a Spouse
• 4.5.6  Benevolent Work
  

4.6.0  INDEPENDENT WORKERS WORKING A FULL WORKING WEEK

• 4.6.1  Clientele Concerned
• 4.6.2  Unemployment Status and Availability: Two Distinct Requirements
• 4.6.3  Determination of Engagement or Investment
• 4.6.3.1  Engagement in a Business
• 4.6.3.2  A Natural Concern for an Investment
• 4.6.4  Exception to Overcome the Presumption of a Full Working Week
• 4.6.4.1  Circumstances Determining Whether a Claimant’s Involvement is Minor in Extent
• 4.6.4.2  Time Spent
• 4.6.4.3  Nature and Amount of the Capital and Resources Invested
• 4.6.4.4  Financial Success or Failure of the Employment or Business
• 4.6.4.5  Continuity of the Employment or Business
• 4.6.4.6  Nature of the Employment or Business
• 4.6.4.7  Claimant's Intention and Willingness to Seek and Immediately Accept Alternate Employment
• 4.6.5  Engaged in the Operation of a Farming Business
• 4.6.5.1  Period Defined in Regulation 30(4)-Farming
• 4.6.6  Period Preliminary to the Opening of the Business
• 4.6.7  Form of Business Organization
• 4.6.7.1  Self-Employed Worker
• 4.6.7.2  Sole Proprietorship
• 4.6.7.3  Partnership: General or Limited
• 4.6.7.4  Co-Adventurer
• 4.6.7.5  Corporation or Limited Company
• 4.6.8  Piercing the Corporate Veil
• 4.6.8.1  Claimants who are Corporate Shareholders
• 4.6.9  Volunteering Assistance to a Business Enterprise
• 4.6.10  Claim for Special Benefits
• 4.6.11  Issue of Earnings
• 4.6.12  Employment Activity Known as Self-Employment
• 4.6.13  Flow Chart—The Determination Process and Regulation 30

4.7.0  INDEPENDENT WORKERS—PARTICULAR TYPES

• 4.7.1  Tradespersons
• 4.7.2  Truck Owners
• 4.7.3  Taxi Drivers
• 4.7.4  Real Estate Agents or Salespersons
• 4.7.5  Elected Public Officials
• 4.7.6  Professional People
• Appendix A  Type of contract

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