Human Resources committee  The clerks of the board of referees comply with administrative regulations that provide that, when a hearing is postponed, the case must be set down for hearing within the following 45 days. Frequently, if the claimant is represented, the representative is not always available wi

Human Resources committee  Personally, I've never dealt with joint or collective cases. Usually, when a number of people are involved in the same case at the same time, we submit a joint case, that is to say we take a case and the decision by the board of referees must be rendered in respect of those 30 ca

Human Resources committee  It takes a majority.

Human Resources committee  There's one union member. He may be an accountant or a lawyer from the chamber of commerce. These are people from the general public.

Human Resources committee  And the chair who represents the government.

Human Resources committee  Yes, they receive it from the Employment Insurance Commission.

Human Resources committee  It can be a dismissal, leaving, antedate, a proceeding after a time period has expired, an overpayment, a fraudulent statement, unavailability.

Human Resources committee  No. Once the commission has rendered a decision, it's up to the claimant to appeal that decision.

Human Resources committee  As an organization, we are there to determine whether he has the power to appeal. We determine whether the appeal has any chance of succeeding, and whether there are arguments to put forward. If we believe that, we also check to see whether the commission has made an error of law

Human Resources committee  That depends on the years. On average, I would say that our success rate is between 85% and 93% before the board of referees.