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Sub-Issue 1: |
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Sub-Issue 3: |
| earnings |
wage-loss indemnity |
group plan |
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Summary:
Subparagraph 35(2)(c)(i) of the EI Regulations sets out that payments that a claimant has received or, on application, is entitled to receive under a group wage-loss indemnity plan constitute earnings. The employer and the Great West Life insurance company determined that the claimant was entitled to receive wage-loss insurance benefits under a group wage-loss indemnity plan. The company even issued the claimant a cheque to this effect. The fact that the claimant refused to cash the cheque in question does not change the fact that the amount was payable to him under the plan in which he participated and that he was therefore entitled to benefits.
