Difference between revisions of "I've Been Turned Down for Employment Insurance Benefits"

After your appeal has been filed, the Social Security Tribunal will send you a copy of your EI file, which contains all the information EI used to make its decisions on your application. A Social Security Tribunal member will review EI’s file as well as your appeal form or letter and any other information you have provided. The Tribunal member will decide if your appeal should proceed or should be dismissed. If it is dismissed, the Tribunal member will send you the decision in writing.

Should your appeal go forward, the Tribunal member will determine if a decision will be made on the record or if a hearing will take place. A decision on the record means the Tribunal member will decide based on the documents and submissions that were filed. If a hearing will take place, the Tribunal will call or write to you to schedule the hearing. You can present your own case or you can arrange for someone such as a lawyer or an advocate or a friend to help you.

Following the hearing, the Social Security Tribunal member will issue a decision and send you a copy.

If you disagree with the decision made by the General Division, you can appeal to the second level of appeal at the Social Security Tribunal, the Appeal Division. You will need permission to appeal (leave to appeal) to this second level, unless you are appealing the General Division’s decision to summarily dismiss your appeal, in which case permission is not required. Your appeal must be filed within 30 days of receiving the General Division’s decision.