Reconsideration (Employment Insurance)
Reconsideration Request Regulations[1]
General circumstances
1 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 112(1)(b) of the Employment Insurance Act[2] and subject to subsection (2), the Commission may allow a longer period to make a request for reconsideration of a decision if the Commission is satisfied that there is a reasonable explanation for requesting a longer period and the person has demonstrated a continuing intention to request a reconsideration.
Particular circumstances
(2) The Commission must also be satisfied that the request for reconsideration has a reasonable chance of success, and that no prejudice would be caused to the Commission or a party by allowing a longer period to make the request, if the request for reconsideration
(a) is made after the 365-day period after the day on which the decision was communicated to the person;
(b) is made by a person who submitted another application for benefits after the decision was communicated to the person; or
(c) is made by a person who has requested the Commission to rescind or amend the decision under section 111 of the Employment Insurance Act.
- ↑ Reconsideration Request Regulations, SOR/2013-63, https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2013-63/page-1.html, retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ↑ Employment Insurance Act, https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-5.6/, retrieved June 4, 2021
