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.
A.L. worked in an administrative role in a hospital of the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance which imposed a vaccination mandate on Sept. 7, 2021, further to a provincial directive. Employees not complying were put on unpaid leave in late October and then fired in mid-November….