Decision 11185

Case Number Claimant Judge Language Decision date
Decision 11185   Jerome  English 1985-09-30
Decision Appealed Appellant Corresponding Case
Dismissed  No N/A  -


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
week of unemployment  control of working hours 

Summary:

Car salesman who cannot attend at dealership at times other than those open to customers, also subject to alternate lunch hours. The Board found claimant controlled his working hours. There was sufficient evidence to reach such conclusion.


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
week of unemployment  full working week 

Summary:

One of the threshold requirements for entitlement to benefits is that one be unemployed. An employee [car salesman] who is working 40 hours per week is clearly working a full working week.


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
week of unemployment  commission salespersons 

Summary:

It is well established that remuneration is only one of the factors to examine. Here, claimant worked 40 hours per week, the same amount of time that he worked at that same employment [selling car] prior to being denied draws on commissions.


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
week of unemployment  principal means of livelihood 

Summary:

The test to apply under 43(2) is an objective one: is the employment itself normally pursued as a principal means of livelihood? Individuals who devote as much time [as 40 hours a week] to the sale of cars normally follow that employment as livelihood.


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