Employment Insurance Act (S.C. 1996, c. 23)

Marginal note:Disentitlement — period of leave without just cause

• 32 (1) A claimant who voluntarily takes a period of leave from their employment without just cause is not entitled to receive benefits if, before or after the beginning of the period of leave,

  • (a) the period of leave was authorized by the employer; and

  • (b) the claimant and the employer agreed as to the day on which the claimant would resume employment.

• Marginal note:Duration of disentitlement

  (2) The disentitlement lasts until the claimant

  • (a) resumes the employment;

  • (b) loses or voluntarily leaves the employment; or

  • (c) after the beginning of the period of leave, accumulates with another employer the number of hours of insurable employment required by section 7 or 7.1 to qualify to receive benefits.