Summary of Issue: Duration Of Disqualification


Decision 30265 Full Text of Decision 30265

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Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
misconduct duration of disqualification
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Claimant suspended from 27-9 to 29-12-1993. Agreement reached on 8-11; reinstatement as of 29-11-93; disentitlement terminated by the Board on 8-11; error of law. No discretion in the Act to reduce the disqualification if the disagreement with the employer is settled.


Decision 16003 Full Text of Decision 16003

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misconduct duration of disqualification
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Claimant's misconduct was serious enough but not so bad as the worst imaginable for which the maximum disqualification is reserved, for that is the case for which Parliament legislates maxima. Reduced to 4 weeks.

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misconduct dereliction of duty

Decision 15035 Full Text of Decision 15035

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misconduct duration of disqualification
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Claimant's minor misconduct does not deserve maximum 6 weeks. He was not insolently insubordinate, nor did he steal, nor improperly use premises, nor did he insult clientele. Entirely innocent of any serious misconduct when compared to gross misconduct.Reduced to 1 week.


Decision 13311 Full Text of Decision 13311

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misconduct duration of disqualification
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Before reducing disqualification, must ask whether disqualification itself is justified.

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Other Issue(s): Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
misconduct personality conflict

Decision 12906 Full Text of Decision 12906

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misconduct duration of disqualification
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Maximum penalty justified only if exceptional circumstances such as striking a superior, stealing from the work place or slandering employer. Nothing in common with absenteeism.


Decision 11639 Full Text of Decision 11639

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misconduct duration of disqualification
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Maximum disqualification should be reserved for most serious cases of misconduct.

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