| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| voluntarily leaving employment |
personal reasons |
babysitting problems |
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Summary:
The Claimant left his employment to care for his children aged 2 and 5. Section 29(c) of the EIA provides that just cause for voluntary leaving an employment if a claimant had no reasonable alternative to leaving having regard to the obligation to care for a child. The BOR found that the claimant did not have just cause, indicating that the claimant had the reasonable alternatives of hiring a babysitter, using a day care facility or requesting a leave of absence. The FCA held that the BOR's decision was reasonable and that the Umpire erred in substituting his own view of the facts for that of the BOR.
