Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
Canada decisions
Decisions matching the current search
The Supreme Court of Canada held that ss. 22 and 23 of the Employment Insurance Act are valid federal unemployment insurance provisions providing income replacement during pregnancy and parental leave.
The Board reasonably and correctly concluded the applicant participated in the labour dispute based on strike support payments, union solidarity, absence from work and union involvement in ESO negotiations; participation disentitled him to EI benefits under s.36(1) and the Umpire properly dismissed the appeal and denied reconsideration for lack of new facts or material error.
Source excerpt
Availability for unemployment insurance is an objective requirement; the Umpire rightly found the applicant not sufficiently available for work given the personal restrictions he imposed by returning to school, and was entitled to intervene because the Board of Referees erred in law.
Source excerpt
The Umpire's decision satisfied the requirements for issue estoppel (same issue, finality, same parties) because he made definitive factual findings that the appellant worked for both Ontario and German entities and received duplicate travel payments; the appellant had adequate notice and opportunity to litigate those facts before the Board and the Umpire and did not show that procedural shortcomings produced an injustice sufficient to displace the estoppel; the discharge at the criminal preliminary inquiry did not decide the same issue and therefore does not negate the estoppel; accordingly…
Source excerpt
The Supreme Court of Canada held that s. 52 requires invalidity for the underinclusive benefit, while s. 24(1) did not authorize extending benefits by order.
Tétreault-Gadoury v. Canada (Employment and Immigration Commission)
The Supreme Court held that the Board of Referees lacked jurisdiction to finally decide the Charter issue, and that the age-based UI exclusion violated s. 15.
Caron v. Canada (Employment and Immigration Commission)
The Supreme Court held that the labour-dispute stoppage ended on 1986-03-29, when the agreement was signed and some workers returned, making benefits payable from then.
La Cour suprême conclut qu’un régime d’assurance qui exclut les femmes enceintes pendant 17 semaines est discriminatoire et constitue une discrimination fondée sur le sexe.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that teachers who left work mid-year were still entitled to pregnancy benefits for July, because the adjustment payment covered only services already performed.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that Regulation 64B under the Unemployment Insurance Act was valid and could include certain non-contract-of-service employment.
Explore more
