| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| availability for work |
courses |
extent of availability required |
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Summary:
In the absence of exceptional circumstances, availability for work is availability to work full-time during hours considered to be normal working hours. A claimant must be available at any time during a 24-hour period for the number of hours required.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| availability for work |
courses |
presumption |
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Summary:
Attendance at a full-time course does not automatically warrant a disentitlement. As a general rule however, there exists a presumption that a student pursuing a full-time course is not in the labour market.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| availability for work |
courses |
pattern study-work for brief period |
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Summary:
Where a claimant has established a pattern of regular employment outside the hours of work accepted as normal in his community, he should be allowed a reasonable opportunity to find other employment within that pattern. Summer or Christmas work not sucha pattern.
