Summary of Issue: Searching For Work

Decision A-0024.01 Full Text of Decision A-0024.01

The claimant delayed making his claim until the allocation of his severance pay had ended. The Court found that the intention not to claim EI and to seek alternative employment is not good cause.

Decision 43288 Full Text of Decision 43288

There is not doubt that attempting to obtain employment while living on his personal savings and the monies which he derived from the sale of a house, is commendable. It has, however, been established in the jurisprudence time and again, that such reasons are not acceptable as good cause within the meaning of the EI Act and its Regulations.

Decision 40272 Full Text of Decision 40272

Clmt first used the money she had put aside and was in hope of finding a job before applying for benefits. Umpire ruled that clmt did not do what a reasonable person in her circumstances would have done to ascertain her rights and responsibilities in applying for benefits.

Decision A-0216.93 Full Text of Decision A-0216.93

Antedate allowed by Board for nearly 6 months. The Board did not err in law. The reasons of the Board indicate that the illness of the claimant and her desire to find work on her own were the motivating factors in its judgment, said the Umpire. No reviewable error on the part of the Umpire.

Decision A-0549.92 Full Text of Decision A-0549.92

True, he consciously opted to seek new employment 6 months rather than throw himself on the UI system which he may have had a perfect right to do. He deserves much credit for the steps taken to avoid the making of a claim. Nonetheless, that attitude, however laudatory, does not furnish "good cause". The delay in making the claim was induced by the best of possible motives on his part, that of seeking new employment rather than falling back on UI benefits. Such motives, pure as they were, do not on the present state of the law allow him to antedate his claim on the ground that he had good cause.

Decision 20767 Full Text of Decision 20767

Left after 10 years to return to school. Delayed claiming 7 weeks after end of school year. It is entirely natural for someone who has no experience with UI to delay applying if they expect to secure work quickly. Delay not long. Not familiar with system. Actively sought work.

Decision 19195 Full Text of Decision 19195

Did not consider UI benefits, or applying for them, so confident was he of finding work, until after efforts to find work proved unsuccessful 2 months later. While he is to be commended for his self-reliance, a reasonable and prudent person would not rely on his own assumption.

Decision 16674 Full Text of Decision 16674

Laid off on 13-1, he sent his CV to 145 employers; hoping to find a job immediately, he waited until 27-3 to apply for UI. A reasonable person would have first made his application and then immediately looked for work.

Decision 14745 Full Text of Decision 14745

She did not do what a reasonable and prudent person would have done, did not contact CEC in Barrie until a month after arriving there from Alberta. I accept she was looking for work but her fundamental obligation when seeking UI was to contact CEC immediately.

Decision 13620 Full Text of Decision 13620

Delay of 14 weeks. A reasonable person in the situation of the claimant would have checked with the Commission to satisfy herself as to her exact rights.

Decision 12839 Full Text of Decision 12839

The Board put the emphasis on the positive results of claimant's search for employment rather than on the reasons for delay. Error of law. CUB 8126 referred to. Board's decision upheld by Umpire on another ground.

Decision A-0395.85 Full Text of Decision A-0395.85

Listed with some agencies, she believed that she could have found work at any time. Claim filed 14 months later. Claimant's error as to her situation and her right to UI together with her good faith is not enough. This is precisely what was dealt with in PIROTTE and ALBRECHT.

Decision A-1865.83 Full Text of Decision A-1865.83

Neither his expressed hope that he might find full employment nor his apparent distaste for UI could constitute a reasonable cause for delay. [p. 16]