A bill to amend the Department of Employment and Social Development Act to create an Employment Insurance (EI) Board of Appeal was introduced on December 14th.
The EI Board of Appeal will operate as a tribunal representing the interests of the government, workers, and employers, which would help “put first-level EI appeal decisions back into the hands of those who pay into the EI system.” Currently, the Social Security Tribunal of the EI General Division is responsible for hearing first-level EI appeals.
While second-level appeals will continue to be heard by the Appeal Division under the Social Security Tribunal, If the government passes the bill, the Social Security Tribunal will continue to hear first-level EI appeals until an EI Board of Appeal is operational. There will also be a transition period where the new EI Board of Appeal and the Social Security Tribunal will be asked to run in parallel.
In summary, Bill C-37 "amends the Department of Employment and Social Development Act to, among other things:
(a) establish the Employment Insurance Board of Appeal to hear appeals of decisions made under the Employment Insurance Act instead of the Employment Insurance Section of the General Division of the Social Security Tribunal; and (b) eliminate the requirement for leave to appeal decisions relating to the Employment Insurance Act to the Appeal Division of the Tribunal.
Source: Bill C-37: <https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-37/first-reading>
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