Unvaccinated Worker Denied Employment Insurance for Jab Refusal Wins Tribunal Appeal

Unvaccinated Worker Denied Employment Insurance for Jab Refusal Wins Tribunal Appeal
A COVID-19 vaccine is prepared to be administered at a hospital in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press
Noé Chartier
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The federal tribunal that processes complaints related to Employment Insurance (EI) has sided in a Dec. 14 decision with a claimant who was fired for non-compliance with her employer’s vaccination mandate and then denied EI on the grounds of “misconduct.”

Tribunal member Mark Leonard of the Social Security Tribunal of Canada ruled on an appeal that the Canada Employment Insurance Commission (CEIC) had not proven that claimant A.L. had lost her job due to misconduct, which would preclude her from getting unemployment benefits.

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