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Sub-Issue 1: |
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Sub-Issue 3: |
| earnings |
relief grants |
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Summary:
A relief grant has the following characteristics: available only in rare or unusual circumstances; a fixed sum not dependent on individual entitlement; not wholly compensatory; not paid by the party responsible for its payment but out of public funds because it is beneficial to the public interest.
Held that the maximum payment of $5000 made to employees under the Ontario Employee Wage Protection Program by reason of the plant closure has the characteristics of a relief grant and is exempt from earnings under reg. 57(3)(c).
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| earnings |
income |
wage protection program |
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Summary:
Held that the maximum payment of $5 000 made to employees under the Ontario Employee Wage Protection Program by reason of the plant closure is exempt from earnings as being relief grants pursuant to para. 57(3)(c).
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
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| earnings |
income |
arising out of any employment |
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Summary:
The Board was correct when it concluded that the payments are caught by the definition of earnings. They clearly arise out of the claimant's employment. Without the employment, the payments would not have been made. They were received from the Ontario Ministry of Labour which is "any other person".
