Summary of Issue: Length Indefinite

Decision 63204 Full Text of Decision 63204

Subsection 30(2) of the Act states: "The disqualification is for each week of the claimant's benefit period following the waiting period and, for greater certainty, the length of the disqualification is not affected by any subsequent loss of employment by the claimant during the benefit period". The Umpire found that the Board of Referees erred when it upheld the Commission's decision, but terminated the claimant's disqualification March 15, 2004.

Decision A-0492.94 Full Text of Decision A-0492.94

Left work to take a 10-month course. Appeal allowed by Umpire from termination date of course. Claimant was disqualified for the whole period of her claim for having taken herself out of the work force without just cause. The Umpire was wrong in disputing the validity of that conclusion. Since the coming into force of s. 30.1 of the Act on 3-4-93, the disqualification period has been established as the full benefit period. The discretion that had previously been conferred on the Commission to reduce the period of disqualification, if extenuating circumstances, has been withdrawn.