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good cause |
Difficulty with technology |
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Summary:
The claimant had indicated that the delay in filing his claim was due to his difficulty accessing Teledec, his lack of English language skills, the shortage of information from Service Canada and his belief that he had exhausted all of his benefits with his initial claim. In this case, because of the difficulty that the claimant had in accessing Teledec and because of his limited knowledge of EI benefits due to his language barrier and lack of assistance from Service Canada, the BOR finds the Commission's decision was incorrect. The Board finds that the claimant acted as any reasonable person would have acted in the same situation and showed that he had good cause for the delay. The FCA rejected the AG's arguments indicating that the Umpire had not been shown that the Board erred in applying the legal test for good cause.
