I APPEA PART C -Decision under Appeal The decision under appeal is the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation (the ministry) reconsideration decision of April 23, 2014 wherein the ministry determined that in accordance with Sections 10 and 28 of the Employment and Assistance Regulation the appellant was ineligible for income assistance for the month of April 2014 because his employment earnings for February 2014 exceeded the income assistance rates for his family unit size. PART D -Relevant Legislation Employment and Assistance Act (EAA), sections 1, 2, 4 Employment and Assistance Regulation (EAR), sections 1, 10, 28 Employment and Assistance Regulation, (EAR) schedule A sections 1, 2, 4, 5 Employment and Assistance Regulation, (EAR) schedule B sections 1, 2, 3, 4 EMT 003(10/06/01)
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APPEA I (B) Autism Funding: Ages 6 -18 Program; (xxvii) that portion of the maintenance paid for and passed on to a person with disabilities or a person aged 19 or older under a maintenance order or agreement filed with a court; (xxviii) payments made by a health authority or a contractor of a health authority to a recipient, who is a "person with a mental disorder" as defined in section 1 of the Mental Health Act, for the purpose of supporting the recipient In participating in a volunteer program or in a mental health or addictions rehabilitation program; (xxlx) a refund provided under Plan I, "Fair PharmaCare", of the PharmaCare program established under the Continuing Care Programs Regulation, B.C. Reg. 146/95; (xxx) payments provided by Community Living BC to assist with travel expenses for a recipient in the family unit to attend a self-help skills program, or a supported work placement program, approved by Community Living BC; (xxxi) a Universal Child Care Benefit provided under the Universal Child Care Benefit Act (Canada); (xxxil) money paid by the government of Canada, under a settlement agreement, to persons who contracted Hepatitis C by receiving blood or blood products In Canada prior to 1986 or alter July 1, 1990, except money paid under that agreement as income replacement; (xxxiil) money withdrawn from a registered disability savings plan; (xxxiv) a working income tax benefit provided under the Income Tax Act (Canada); (xxxv) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 180/2010, s. 1 (b).] (xxxvi) the climate action dividend under section 13.02 of the Income Tax Act; (xxxvii) money paid or payable to a person under the Criminal Injury Compensation Act as compensation for non-pecuniary loss or damage for pain, suffering mental or emotional trauma, humiliation or Inconvenience that occurred when the person was under 19 years of age; (xxxvlii) money that Is paid or payable to or for a person if the payment Is in accordance with the settlement agreement approved by the Supreme Court In Action No. S024338, Vancouver Registry; (xxxix) payments granted by the government of British Columbia under the Ministry of Children and Family Development's Family Support Services program; (xi) payments granted by the government of British Columbia under the Ministry of Children and Family Development's Supported Child Development program; (xii) payments granted by the government of British Columbia under the Ministry of Children and Family Development's Aboriginal Supported Child Development program; (xiii) money paid or payable from a fund that is established by the government of British Columbia, the government of Canada and the City of Vancouver In relation to recommendation 3.2 of the final report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, (b) any amount garnished, attached, seized, deducted or set off from Income is considered to be income, except the deductions permitted under sections 2 and 6 of this Schedule, (c) all earned income must be included, except the deductions permitted under section 2 and any earned income exempted under sections 3 and 4 of this Schedule, and (d) all unearned income must be Included, except the deductions permitted under section 6 and any Income exempted under sections 7 and 8 of this Schedule. Deductions from earned income 2 The only deductions permitted from earned Income are the following: (a) any amount deducted at source for (I) Income tax, (ii) employment Insurance, (Ill) medical Insurance, (Iv) Canada Pension Plan, (v) superannuation, (vi) company pension plan, and (vii) union dues; (b) If the applicant or recipient provides both room and board to a person at the applicant's or recipient's place of residence, the essential operating costs of providing the room and board; (c) If the applicant or recipient rents rooms that are common to and part of the applicant's or recipient's place of residence, 25% of the gross rent received from the rental of the rooms. Exemption -earned income 3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the amount of earned Income calculated under subsection (6) Is exempt for a family unit. /2) If an annllcation for Income assistance /nart 2\ form Is submitted to the minister, the family unit mav not EAA T003(10/06/01)
APPEAL I claim an exemption under this section In relation to the first calendar month for which the family unit becomes eligible for Income assistance unless a member of the family unit received disability assistance under the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act for the calendar month Immediately preceding that first calendar month. (3) Unless otherwise provided under subsection (4) or (5), the amount of earned income calculated under subsection (6) (a) Is exempt for a family unit that qualifies under this section. (4) The amount of earned Income calculated under subsection (6) (b) Is exempt for the family unit If (a) the family unit Includes a sole recipient who (i) has a dependent child, or (II) has in his or her care a foster child, and (b) the child has a physical or mental condition that, in the minister's opinion, precludes the sole recipient from leaving home for the purposes of employment or working, on average, more than 30 hours each week. (5) The amount of earned income calculated under subsection (6) (c) is exempt for the family unit if any person In the family unit Is a person who has persistent multiple barriers to employment. (6) The exempt amount for a family unit that qualifies under this section Is calculated as follows: (a) In the case of a family unit to which subsection (3) applies, the exempt amount is calculated as the lesser of (i) $200, and (II) the family unit's total earned Income in the calendar month of calculation; (b) in the case of a family unit to which subsection (4) applies, the exempt amount is calculated as the lesser of (i) $300, and (ii) the family unit's total earned income in the calendar month of calculation; (c) In the case of a family unit to which subsection (5) applies, the exempt amount is calculated as the lesser of (I) $500, and (ii) the family unit's total earned income In the calendar month of calculation. (7) A transient is not entitled to an exemption under this section. The argument of the appellant is that although he knows his February employment earnings exceeded the assistance rates set out in the regulations, he argues that if he is found ineligible for assistance in April he will not have enough money to support himself in April and May since he is not working for his employer anymore. The argument of the ministry is that the appellant earned $1001.56 in February 2014, which exceeds the assistance rate for his family unit of $610 therefore; he is ineligible for assistance in April 2014. In coming to its decision the panel considered the appellant's argument that if he is denied benefits for April, due to his February employment earnings, he will not have enough money to support himself in April and May. While the panel accepts that the appellant may be challenged budgeting himself through April, the panel finds that the ministry was reasonable to base its calculations and the appellant's eligibility on requirements of the EAR schedules A and 8. The panel considered that the amount of the appellant's February 2014 earnings were not in dispute between the parties nor was the appellant's assistance rate as set out in the EAR schedule A. The panel finds that the ministry was reasonable to apply the appellant's employment earnings after exemption ($801.56) to the assistance rate for the appellant ($61 0} and to find the appellant ineligible for April assistance as required in the EAR schedule A. Regarding the appellant's concern that his assistance for May could possibly be affected, the panel is limited to looking at the month of April because April is the only month that is being reviewed in the Ministry's Reconsideration Decision. The panel finds that the ministry's decision was a reasonable application of the legislation and therefore confirms the ministry's decision. EAAT003(10/06/01)
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