Summary of Issue: Illness In Family

Decision A0250.11 Full Text of Decision A0250.11

The claimant was approved for training under section 25 of the EIA. Three weeks prior to the commencement of his training, the claimant quit his employment for personal reasons stating that he had to quit his employment as he needed to care for his ill sister and prepare for his return to school. He was the only one in his immediate family who was available to provide this care. The Commission found that the claimant had voluntarily left his employment without just cause. Just cause is not defined in the Act but the various subsections to Section 29(c) do compel a Board to have regard to all the circumstances of a particular situation to see whether just cause exists, more particularly the subsection 29(c)(v) of the Act: obligation to care for a member of the immediate family. The FCA held that the claimant had just cause for leaving his employment and thus the application for judicial review failed on this ground.

Decision 42125 Full Text of Decision 42125

Umpire concluded that the determination by the BOR that the claimant quit his employment in Ontario to return to BC to be with his family during his father's critical illness and that, while it constituted good reason for leaving employment, did not equate with just cause.

Decision 41523 Full Text of Decision 41523

Claimant left his job in B.C. to return to Mtl. to care for his grandmother. Umpire stated that his presence was not immediately required as his mother was already caring for the grandmother. He was not a primary supplier of care. Umpire concluded that the claimant may have made his decision for personal reasons, which do not constitute just cause.

Decision 14166 Full Text of Decision 14166

Took leave even if denied to go and visit mother-in-law quite ill in Holland. The Board found claimant could have allowed his wife to go while he remained behind to save his employment and that 3-week disqualification was proper. The Board could have come to no other decision.

Decision 13784 Full Text of Decision 13784

Part-time nurse in Edmonton. Left to be with father in Prince Albert: imminent hospitalization and death of father obviously just cause. Possibility of leave discussed. Not searching for other job 400 miles apart not held against her. Element of urgencyabout the move.