Labour Adjustment Benefits Act

Marginal note:Eligible applicants

• 13 (1) An employee who has been certified under section 11 may apply to the Commission for labour adjustment benefits.

• Marginal note:Form and content of application

  (2) An application under subsection (1) shall be submitted in such form and manner as the Commission may direct and shall set out such information as the Commission may require.

• Marginal note:Attendance

  (3) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may require an applicant to attend at a suitable time and place in order to make an application in person or to provide information required under subsection (2).

• Marginal note:Investigation

  (4) On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the Commission shall carry out such investigation as it considers necessary for the purpose of determining whether or not the applicant is qualified to receive labour adjustment benefits.

• Marginal note:Decision on application

  (5) Subject to subsection (6), on completion of its investigation under subsection (4), the Commission shall determine whether or not the applicant is qualified to receive labour adjustment benefits and shall notify him in writing of its decision.

• Marginal note:Reference to board of referees

  (6) The Commission may at any time within fourteen days after receiving an application under subsection (1) refer the application or a question arising therefrom to a board of referees for a decision thereon.

• Marginal note:Proceedings before board of referees

  (7) Where an application or question is referred to a board of referees pursuant to subsection (6), the board shall conduct its proceedings in respect of that application or question in accordance with the Employment Insurance Act, and its decision may be appealed, rescinded or amended in like manner and subject to the like conditions as any decision of a board of referees under that Act.

• Marginal note:Failure to comply with requirements

  (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an applicant who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (2) or (3) that has not been waived under subsection (9) is not qualified to receive labour adjustment benefits as long as such failure to comply continues.

• Marginal note:Waiver or variation of requirement

  (9) The Commission may waive or vary any requirement under subsection (2) or (3) if in its opinion the circumstances warrant such waiver or variation for the benefit of the applicant in a particular case or class or group of cases.