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teaching |
earnings |
summer months |
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Summary:
The claimant is a teacher in Alberta. She contends that she is employed for only ten months throughout the year. Under the Collective Agreement, claimant was under a contract of employment for 12 months although she was only required to work 10 months and she received one-twelfth of her earnings in each of the work free months of July and August. She was also covered for participation in a benefit plans for those 2 months. Held that she had not experienced an interruption of earnings from employment during that period. Reference made to FCA decision in Petts (A-0166.74) and Supreme Court decision in Dick (S-0267.77).