Decision A0054.09

Case Number Claimant Judge Language Decision date
Decision A0054.09 Vairamuthu  Noël  English 2009-09-25
Decision Appealed Appellant Corresponding Case
Allowed Unanimous  No Commission  -


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
voluntarily leaving employment  personal reasons  family considerations 

Summary:

The FCA determined that the Umpire had erred in law in concluding that the claimant had just cause when he voluntarily left his employment to accompany his wife to India to seek treatment for infertility. Given that the condition being treated is not a threat to life or health and that no evidence was adduced to show that no alternate treatment was available in Montréal, the FCA determined that the claimant's decision did not meet the test of paragraph 29(c)(v) of the EIA nor was it just cause within the meaning of section 30 of the EIA.


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