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Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| week of unemployment |
benevolent work |
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Summary:
Following his cessation of employment, the claimant continued working part time for the service provider four hours a week and he was paid for those hours. He also worked an additional 40 hours per week or more as a volunteer in order to set up a furniture recycling project. He indicated that he considered those hours to be his contribution to the community to combat poverty. The Commission found that the claimant worked full weeks. According to the Umpires, the claimant admitted that he had worked 40 hours per week on the waste sorting and recovery project and he did not provide any evidence of job searches. He did not prove that he was unemployed within the meaning of the Employment Insurance Act.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| week of unemployment |
full working week |
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Summary:
Following his cessation of employment, the claimant continued working part time for the service provider four hours a week and he was paid for those hours. He also worked an additional 40 hours per week or more as a volunteer in order to set up a furniture recycling project. He indicated that he considered those hours to be his contribution to the community to combat poverty. The Commission found that the claimant worked full weeks. According to the Umpires, the claimant admitted that he had worked 40 hours per week on the waste sorting and recovery project and he did not provide any evidence of job searches. He did not prove that he was unemployed within the meaning of the Employment Insurance Act.
