Summary of Issue: Monetary Considerations

Decision 64654 Full Text of Decision 64654

The claimant left his employment fearing his employer's bankruptcy and did not want to take the risk of losing his pension fund or having it frozen until he was 65 years old. The Umpire confirmed the decision of the Board of Referees finding that the claimant's personal choice, which he had made because of a certain risk associated with his accumulated pension fund, was not just cause within the meaning of the legislation or case law.

Decision A-0765.95 Full Text of Decision A-0765.95

Quit job in 02-94 in order to be able to benefit from a severance package. Reason for accepting the buy-out was that she would be moving in 06-94 to be with her husband. FCA's reasoning in Tanguay reinforced: an employee "who leaves his employment for the purpose of gaining some monetary advantage" is "not a circumstance which justifies him in putting himself in a position where he risks having to go back on unemployment".

Decision A-0175.96 Full Text of Decision A-0175.96

Claimant quit lengthy employment when the severance pay provisions of her collective agreement were threatened by current negotiations. While her resignation was understandable, it was precipitous and the FCA ruled that the claimant had not established "just cause" under s.28 of the Act as she had no reasonable assurance of another employment in the near future or experienced "undue" pressure by the employer to quit.

Decision 26451 Full Text of Decision 26451

Claimant had a choice: to continue his employment or to take retirement. As noted in CUB 10569, the fears expressed by claimant that the terms and conditions of his retirement package might later change are not of a nature to establish just cause.

Decision 25325 Full Text of Decision 25325

I am satisfied that just because a person might gain some financial advantage or avoid a financial disadvantage (changes in the income tax system affecting pensions) by quitting his job, this does not amount to a circumstance where there is no reasonable alternative to him quitting.

Decision 24993 Full Text of Decision 24993

Claimant was faced with a choice, work for 6 more months in a job which he knew would no longer exist or voluntarily leave 6 months early and accept a cash-out payment. He chose the latter. Although he may have had good reasons for doing so, they cannotbe said to constitute just cause. See TANGUAY.

Decision 21047 Full Text of Decision 21047

Teacher who, because of legislative amendment, may have lost possibility to choose reimbursement of her payments to the pension fund; quits to avail herself of that possibility before coming into force of new act. Seven-week exclusion maintained.

Decision A-1458.84 Full Text of Decision A-1458.84

Fact that employee may have believed he would have enough money to live without working is not just cause. I would say the same of someone who quit in order to obtain a monetary advantage. [p. 6]