Summary of Issue: Voluntary Disclosure Policy

Decision A-0434.98 Full Text of Decision A-0434.98

Claimant argued that the Commission had not followed its voluntary disclosure policy. The FCA disagreed and found that the BOR and the Umpire had sufficient evidence to reject the claimant's contention: the claimant had not made a full disclosure and as a consequence it dit not open the door to the waiver policy.

Decision 41304 Full Text of Decision 41304

See summary indexed under FCA A-0434.98

Decision 26141A Full Text of Decision 26141A

Claimant did not voluntarily disclose that he had made false or misleading statements. He simply disclosed the fact of his attendance on a course of instruction for the purpose of supporting a further claim to benefits. Commission's policy on voluntary disclosure simply not applicable.

Decision 30404 Full Text of Decision 30404

There is nothing to indicate that the claimant would have made this disclosure had it not been necessary to reveal this employment in order to establish a new benefit period. The Board of Referees' refusal to consider the claimant's statement as "voluntary disclosure" was reasonable in the circumstances.

Decision 27632 Full Text of Decision 27632

The voluntary disclosure policy in accordance with which the CEIC abstains from imposing a penalty is strictly a policy, not a requirement of the Act and Regulations. With regards to this, I entirely subscribe with the remarks in CUB 24703.

Decision 26727 Full Text of Decision 26727

Policy not applied because in this case the purpose of the voluntary disclosure was to reveal insurable weeks that would enable the claimant to benefit from the number of weeks required for his benefit claim.

Decision 25527 Full Text of Decision 25527

Pursuant to the Commission's policy, a disclosure will be characterized as voluntary only when claimant was not aware that an investigation was ongoing. It was not open to the Board to conclude that claimant had disclosed the truth voluntarily. It is clearly as a result of the investigation.

Decision 24805 Full Text of Decision 24805

What claimant relies on is merely a Commission policy applied on occasion - it is not a matter of law - to encourage claimants to "purge" their false statements by voluntary admissions. Neither a Board nor an Umpire can oblige the Commission to apply this policy in any specific case.

Decision 23515 Full Text of Decision 23515

Claimant who wanted to profit from Commission's policy despite the fact he disclosed only part of the truth when dissimulating earnings received from his second employer.

Decision 22898 Full Text of Decision 22898

Claimant who, for the third time in the last 2 years, concealed his employment for a period of 4 months and wanted to benefit from the voluntary disclosure policy. He came forward for the purpose of establishing a new claim and had no choice but to reveal his employment in order to re-qualify.