Summary of Issue: Benefits Paid

Decision 66912 Full Text of Decision 66912

An appeal against the assessment to repay benefits under section 114 of the EI Act belongs with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Decision 09088 Full Text of Decision 09088

The effect of s.26 is to require that even though benefits are paid for part of a week, that week is still treated as one in which benefits are paid. The rate of weekly benefit is reduced but a claimant is treated as having received benefits for that week.

Decision A0008.13 Full Text of Decision A0008.13

The claimant filed a claim for benefits and requested that his benefits be deposited directly into his bank account. He then filed for bankruptcy in November 2002 and a trustee took control of his account. Later, he informed the Commission that his bank account was no longer valid and that the application for direct deposit should be disregarded. The benefits were first paid into the void bank account unbeknownst to the claimant and, following inquiries from the claimant as to the whereabouts of his benefits, replacement cheques were sent to him directly. The FCA found that the uncontradicted evidence before it showed that the claimant withdrew his direct deposit application. She also determined that the claimant acted reasonably and did not benefit from the misdirected payment. She further noted that the Commission should have taken steps to determine with reasonable certainty whether the claimant had benefited from the payments, rather than simply assuming that he did.