| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| week of unemployment |
full working week |
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Summary:
The meaning of "full working week" in 21(1) is a question of law; whether particular weeks are full working weeks may turn on questions of fact. [p. 17]
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| antedate |
ignorance of the law |
not an excuse |
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Summary:
The Umpire recognized that a delay caused by one's mistaken understanding of his legal rights and duties is not good cause. In recognizing that a mere mistake of law is not good cause, he was obviously aware of PIROTTE. [p. 13]
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| antedate |
waiting for job |
searching for work |
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Summary:
Neither his expressed hope that he might find full employment nor his apparent distaste for UI could constitute a reasonable cause for delay. [p. 16]
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| antedate |
disentitlement period at issue |
employed |
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Summary:
If he had mistakenly concluded that his work was full-time and had decided not to apply for UI because of this mistake, such an error might possibly provide a basis for relief under 20(4). [p. 17]
Retired after 38 years and immediately found part-time employment which he left 6 months later. Requests antedate to have rate based on full-time earnings. The fact that he was employed only part-time is not good cause.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| basic concepts |
rate of benefit |
computation |
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Summary:
I understand claimant may only be entitled to benefits much lower because he did not file in time. He had been employed over 30 years full-time and only 5 months part-time. But good cause for delay not present. [p. 18]
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| board of referees |
errors in law |
meaning of a term |
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Summary:
The meaning of "full working week" in 21(1) is a question of law; whether particular weeks are full working weeks may turn on questions of fact. [p. 17]
