P A R T C D e c i s i o n u n d e r A p p e a l T h e d e c i s i o n u n d e r a p p e a l i s t h e M i n i s t r y o f S o c i a l ( t h e M i n i s t r y ) r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n d e c i s i o n d a t e d J u n e e l i g i b l e f o r i n c o m e a s s i s t a n c e b e c a u s e h e f a i l e d t o e m p l o y m e n t p l a n a s r e q u i r e d b y S e c t i o n 9 o f t h e E P A R T D R e l e v a n t L e g i s l a t i o n E m p l o y m e n t a n d A s s i s t a n c e A c t ( E A A ) S e c t i o n 9 E AA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )� A P P E A L # D e v e l o p m e n t a n d S o c i a l I n n o v a t i o n 1 1 , 2 0 1 4 w h i c h h e l d t h a t t h e a p p e l l a n t w a s n o t c o m p l y w i t h t h e t e r m s a n d c o n d i t i o n s o f h i s m p l o y m e n t a n d A s s i s t a n c e A c t ( E A A ) .
PART E -S u m marv of Facts The appel lant wa s no t in a t tendance at the hearing. After confir t he he aring pr ocee d e d un d er Section 86 (b) of the Employm The evid ence before the Ministry at the time of reconsideration consisted of: : • An Employm ent Plan (E P) signed by the appel of th e EP include that the appellant: o Wil l schedule his first ap pointment with o Will particip ate in EPBC progr a m ming con t ractor; o Wil l work with the EPBC to address any issues th o Will complete all tasks assigned inclu act ion plan; o W i ll not ify t he EPBC i f he is una ble an y em ploymen t ; o By signin g, acknow l edges t hat if he fail be ineligible for as sis tance. • A lett er to the ap pel la n t from th e Ministry dated N appel lant t hat h e has n ot co mplied with the term that he must: o Partic ipate i n the E mplo y m ent Pr og o Att end app o in t m en ts wi th EPBC ; an o Co m pl ete a ll t asks they assi gn , inc l udin T he le tter req uests that the a ppel lant s et u p a a dvi ses him th at h i s Dec ember inc ome ass ista provides p r oof th at he is wo rkin g with EPBC . • A lett er da ted Feb r uar y 18, 2 01 4 informi ng con diti ons of his EP and tha t he m ust boo k appoi ntment and be in full compliance by the cut-off date of the February 21 st or his file will be closed. • A letter dated May 6, 2014 informing the appellant that as he has not followed through with the activities of his EP and has failed to be in complianc the EP, he is not eligible for income assistance. • A letter from an advocate in support of the appellant that included a list o activ ities from May 2 t o M ay 31, 2014. Al so b e fore the Minist ry was the following list of actions and activities, inc the Ministry and EPBC: • A cti vities and dis c us sions: o November 1 -The appell a nt ca ll ed EP appointment to November 13 because he did not have a ride. November 13 -Th e appellant di d no t a ttend t he app requesting the appellant call to reschedule. The Ministry held the December assistance due to non compliance and mailed the appellant a letter and subsequently EAA T003(10/06/01) A P PEA L# '. m i ng that the appellant was notified, ent and Assistance Re gulation (EAR ). lant a nd dated O c tob er 22, 2013. The terms the EPBC within five business days; regularly an d as di rected by th e EPBC at may im p act his employabilit y; ding any a ctiv iti es th at may be set out in an to a tte nd a sess i on or whe n he st art s o r en ds s to comp ly wi th the co ndi ti on s o f the EP he will ov ember 1 3, 2013 i nf or ming the s a nd co ndit ion s of h is EP whi ch sta te r am of BC (EPBC); d g acti vi ties in the acti on pla n. n app oi ntm ent wi th EPBC immediately and nce cheque w ill be he ld at th e of fice un t il h e th e a ppella nt he has not co mp l ied with the an appo intm ent with EPBC, att e n d tha t nex t cheque issue of e with act ivities as set out in f work search l uding discuss i ons between BC t o resc hedule his Assessment (2 nd) ointment an d t he E P BC left messages
o s p o k e w i t h h i m b y p h o n e . T h e M i n i s t t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e E P t o b e e l i g i b l e o N o v e m b e r 1 4 T h e a p p e l l a n t c a l l e d N o v e m b e r 2 5 . o D e c e m b e r 1 0 T h e a p p e l l a n t d i d n o o D e c e m b e r 1 7 E P B C c o n t a c t e d t h e ( E S S ) i n J a n u a r y o D e c e m b e r 2 3 E P B C a t t e m p t e d t o c o J a n u a r y 2 9 E P B C m a i l e d a n a p p o i o F e b r u a r y 1 8 T h e M i n i s t r y c o n t a c t e d a t a s c h e d u l e d s e s s i o n ; h e s t a t e d h e a d v i s e d t h a t t h i s w a s t h e 1 8 1 h ; h e s t a a p p o i n t m e n t . H e w a s a s k e d w h y h e d t h a t h e w e n t t o a n o t h e r c o m m u n i t y t o w h i c h h e s t a t e d w a s m o r e i m p o r t a n t b i rt h d a y w a s D e c e m b e r 2 5 a n d h e w t h a t n o n e o f t h e a p p o i n t m e n t s h e m i s s a i d t h a t h e d i d n ' t h a v e a n y m o n e y t o E P B C a n d b o o k a n a p p o i n t m e n t . A c o T h e a p p e l l a n t s u b s e q u e n t l y a t t e n d e d 6 . H e w a s a d v i s e d t h a t h e w a s r e q u i r t h a t h i s c a s e w o u l d c l o s e i f h e d i d n o M a r c h a s s i s t a n c e w a s r e m o v e d . o A p r i l 1 0 T h e a p p e l l a n t a t t e n d e d a n s e a r c h a c t i v i t i e s n o r w a s h e o p e n t o s j o b s h e w a n t e d t o a p p l y t o . A n a p p o i n o M a y 1 T h e a p p e l l a n t d i d n o t a t t e n d a p p o i n t m e n t r e m i n d e r s e n t . B e c a u s e n o t i c e w a s s e n t t o t h e a p p e l l a n t a s k i n o M a y 6 T h e a p p e l l a n t a t t e n d e d a n a p s e a r c h r e c o r d a n d d i d n o t p r o v i d e a n y w o r k . o M a y 7 T h e M i n i s t r y d e t e r m i n e d t h a t b e c a u s e t h e a p p e l l a n t h a d n o t c o m p l i m a i l e d a l e t t e r a d v i s i n g t h e a p p e l l a n t O n M a y 2 9 , t h e a p p e l l a n t a t t e n d e d t h e o f f i c e a n d w a s s i s t a n c e b e c a u s e h e h a d n o t c o m p l i e d w i t h t h e c b e e n g o i n g a n d p a r t i c i p a t i n g a n d r e q u e s t e d a r e c o n T h e a p p e l l a n t f i l e d a R e q u e s t f o r R e c o n s i d e r a t i o n o • H e h a s f o u n d i t d i f f i c u l t m e e t i n g t h e d e m a n d • H e i s a n e w f a t h e r o f a 1 y e a r o l d c h i l d f o r w E P B C s e s s i o n s ; • H i s c h i l d h a s b e e n r e g u l a r l y s i c k d u e t o m o l d u n e x p e c t e d l y l o o k a f t e r h i m o n h i s E P B C a p E AA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )� A P P E A L # r y a d v i s e d t h e a p p e l l a n t t h a t h e m u s t c o m p l y w i t h f o r a s s i s t a n c e . t o r e b o o k h i s A s s e s s m e n t a p p o i n t m e n t f o r t a t t e n d a n E m p l o y m e n t S t r a t e g y S e s s i o n ( E S S ) . a p p e l l a n t t o i n v i t e h i m t o a t t e n d a n E m p l o y m e n t o n t a c t t h e a p p e l l a n t ; l e f t a v o i c e m e s s a g e n t m e n t r e m i n d e r t h e a p p e l l a n t t o a s k w h y h e w a s n o t i n a t t e n d a n c e h a d a n a p p o i n t m e n t t o m o r r o w o n t h e 1 8 1 h . H e w a s t e d h e w o u l d c a l l b a c k a n d m a k e a n o t h e r i d n o t a t t e n d t h e o t h e r a p p o i n t m e n t s h e s t a t e d v i s i t h i s f a m i l y w i t h h i s c h i l d f o r h i s c h i l d ' s b i r t h d a y t h a n a n y w o r k t h i n g . H e s t a t e d t h a t h i s c h i l d ' s a s t h e r e u n t i l J a n u a r y 2 . T h e M i n i s t r y a d v i s e d h i m s e d w e r e w i t h i n t h a t t i m e f r a m e . T h e a p p e l l a n t g e t a n y w h e r e , n o g a s m o n e y . H e s a i d h e w i l l c a l l a s e c l o s u r e l e t t e r f o r M a r c h 4 w a s m a i l e d . E P B C a n d s c h e d u l e d a n a p p o i n t m e n t f o r M a r c h e d t o a t t e n d E P B C s e s s i o n s e v e r y t w o w e e k s a n d t a t t e n d t h e M a r c h 6 a p p o i n t m e n t . T h e h o l d o n t h e a p p o i n t m e n t b u t w a s n o t a b l e t o d e m o n s t r a t e j o b u g g e s t i o n s t o r e v i e w h i s r e s u m e t o t a i l o r i t f o r t h e t m e n t w a s s c h e d u l e d f o r M a y 1 . t h e s c h e d u l e d a p p o i n t m e n t d e s p i t e a n h i s c o n t a c t n u m b e r w a s o u t o f s e r v i c e , a r e m i n d e r g h i m t o b o o k a n a p p o i n t m e n t . p o i n t m e n t b u t d i d n o t b r i n g a r e s u m e o r j o b d o c u m e n t a t i o n t h a t h e w a s a c t i v e l y l o o k i n g f o r t h e f a m i l y u n i t w a s n o t e l i g i b l e f o r a s s i s t a n c e e d w i t h t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f h i s E P . T h e M i n i s t ry o f t h i s d e c i s i o n . a s a g a i n a d v i s e d t h a t h e h a d b e e n d e n i e d o n d i t i o n s o f h i s E P . T h e a p p e l l a n t s t a t e d h e h a d s i d e r a t i o n o f t h e d e c i s i o n . n J u n e 3 , 2 0 1 4 i n w h i c h h e s t a t e d t h a t : s o f t h e E P ; h o m h e h a s t o b a l a n c e l o o k i n g a f t e r a n d a t t e n d i n g i n t h e i r h o m e , a n d t h e r e f o r e h e h a s h a d t o p o i n t m e n t d a t e s ;
APPEAL# '. e He missed an EPBC session in December because he went to another community to introduce his child to his family located there; • He missed two appointments in January because he could not afford gas money. e In February, his phone was cut off and so he was not aware of his February 11 and May 1 EPBC appointments; • He is employed on call with a company and he worked instead of attending EPBC sessions; • He is making an attempt to find work as demonstrated in a Job Search form for May 2 to May 31;and • He is enrolled in a training program, other than EPBC. Admissibility of New Information The appellant filed a Notice of Appeal which was received by the Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal on June 18, 2014. In the Notice of Appeal, dated June 14, 2014 the appellant states: • He and his wife have had hard times with their landlord making them pay rent and wait for proper help; • Their baby boy has gotten sick from the mold issues; • They have found a job but it's on call for both of them; [were] even lucky to get 25 hours; • He would like to keep getting a bit more help till work kicks in more; • We [are] still having a hard time. The panel determined the additional documentary evidence that is part of the Notice of Appeal was admissible under s. 22(4) of the EAA as being in support of the information before the Minister at reconsideration and provides more information on his situation. EAAT003(10/06/01)
� APPEAL# PART F -Reasons for Panel Decision The issue under appeal is whether the Ministry's reconsideration decision which found the appellant ineligible for further income assistance due to non-compliance with his employment plan pursuant to section 9 of the EAA was reasonably supported by the evidence or a reasonable application of the legislation in the appellant's circumstances. The relevant legislation is as follows: Employment plan 9 (1) For a family unit to be eligible for income assistance or hardship assistance, each applicant or recipient in the family unit, when required to do so by the minister, must (a) enter into an employment plan, and (b) comply with the conditions in the employment plan. (2) A dependent youth, when required to do so by the minister, must (a) enter into an employment plan, and (b) comply with the conditions in the employment plan. (3) The minister may specify the conditions in an employment plan including, without limitation, a condition requiring the applicant, recipient or dependent youth to participate in a specific employment-related program that, in the minister's opinion, will assist the applicant, recipient or dependent youth to (a) find employment, or (b) become more employable. (4) If an employment plan includes a condition requiring an applicant, a recipient or a dependent youth to participate in a specific employment-related program, that condition is not met if the person (a) fails to demonstrate reasonable efforts to participate in the program, or (b) ceases, except for medical reasons, to participate in the program. (5) If a dependent youth fails to comply with subsection (2), the minister may reduce the amount of income assistance or hardship assistance provided to or for the family unit by the prescribed amount for the prescribed period. (6) The minister may amend, suspend or cancel an employment plan. (7) A decision under this section (a) requiring a person to enter into an employment plan, (b) amending, suspending or cancelling an employment plan, or (c) specifying the conditions of an employment plan is final and conclusive and is not open to review by a court on any ground or to appeal under section 17 (3) [reconsideration and appeal rights]. EMT 003(10/06/01)
T h e A p p e l l a n t ' s P o s i t i o n T h e a p p e l l a n t r e p o r t e d t h a t h e h a s m i s s e d a p p o i n t m h i s n e w c h i l d a n d a t t e n d i n g E P B C a p p o i n t m e n t s , h h i s E P B C a p p o i n t m e n t d a t e s , h e t o o k h i s n e w c h i l d n o t a f f o r d g a s m o n e y a n d t h a t h e w a s w o r k i n g . H e p r o g r a m t o d e v e l o p s k i l l s t o w o r k i n t h e p i p e l i n e i n d R e c o n s i d e r a t i o n , a l i s t o f j o b s e a r c h a c t i v i t i e s f o r t h a c t i v e l y s e a r c h i n g f o r e m p l o y m e n t . T h e M i n i s t ry ' s P o s i t i o n T h e M i n i s t r y ' s p o s i t i o n i s t h a t t h e a p p e l l a n t e n t e r e d h i s E P , c o n f i r m e d t h a t h e r e a d , u n d e r s t o o d a n d a g r a r g u e d t h a t i t i s a r e q u i r e m e n t o f t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s E P E P B C c o n t r a c t o r a n d t h e i n f o r m a t i o n e s t a b l i s h e s t h p a r t i c i p a t e w i t h t h e c o n t r a c t o r a n d t o r e p o r t h i s j o b A p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e s c h e d u l e d a n d d e s p i t e r e m i n d e E P B C b e t w e e n s i g n i n g t h e E P o n O c t o b e r 2 2 a n d F T h e a p p e l l a n t d i d n o t a t t e n d b i w e e k l y s e s s i o n s a s a t t e n d a n a p p o i n t m e n t s c h e d u l e d f o r M a y 1 e v e n t h T h e a p p e l l a n t a t t e n d e d s e s s i o n s o n A p r i l 1 a n d M a y a c t i v i t i e s , a n d w a s n o t o p e n t o s u g g e s t i o n s t o t a i l o r e i t h e r t i m e . W h i l e t h e a p p e l l a n t r e p o r t e d t h a t h e h a d t o u n e x p e c a p p o i n t m e n t d a t e s , t h e M i n i s t r y ' s p o s i t i o n i s t h a t t h e r e s c h e d u l e w i t h t h e E P B C s o t h a t o n e o f t h e m i s w i a p p e l l a n t s t a t e d t h a t h e w a s e m p l o y e d o n c a l l a n d t a p p o i n t m e n t s b u t t h e M i n i s t r y n o t e s t h a t E P c o n d i t i o e n d o f a n y e m p l o y m e n t a n d t h a t w a s n o t d o n e . T h e t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m t o d e v e l o p s k i l l s t o w o r k i n t h e p i p e e n r o l l m e n t i n t h a t p r o g r a m i s n o t p a rt o f t h e t e r m s a T h e P a n e l ' s D e c i s i o n I n d e t e r m i n i n g t h e r e a s o n a b l e n e s s o f t h e M i n i s t ry ' s e n t e r e d i n t o a n E P o n O c t o b e r 2 2 , 2 0 1 3 a n d b y s i g n c o n d i t i o n s o f e l i g i b i l i t y . T h e s e c o n d i t i o n s i n c l u d e t h a b y t h e E P B C c o n t r a c t o r , a t t e n d s c h e d u l e d s e s s i o n s a d v i s e E P B C i f h e i s u n a b l e t o a t t e n d a s e s s i o n o r i f S e c t i o n 9 ( 1 ) o f t h e E A A p r o v i d e s t h a t , w h e n t h e M i n E M T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )A P P E A L # � e n t s b e c a u s e h e h a s h a d t o b a l a n c e l o o k i n g a f t e r e u n e x p e c t e d l y h a d t o l o o k a f t e r h i s s i c k c h i l d o n t o a n o t h e r c o m m u n i t y t o m e e t h i s f a m i l y , h e c o u l d r e p o r t e d t h a t h e w a s e n r o l l e d i n a n o t h e r t r a i n i n g u s t r y a n d h e p r o v i d e d w i t h t h e R e q u e s t f o r e m o n t h o f M a y t o d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t h e h a s b e e n i n t o a n E P d a t e d O c t o b e r 2 2 , 2 0 1 3 a n d b y s i g n i n g e e d t o t h e c o n d i t i o n s s p e c i f i e d . 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