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Federal regulationCanada Gazette, Part IComment Period Closed

GI-2024-50-reg6: Employment Insurance Board of Appeal Regulations

Sponsoring body: Employment and Social Development, Dept. ofIntroduced December 14, 2024Checked September 3, 2026
Read the official text on gazette.gc.caOfficial version — Canada Gazette, Part I

Now enacted as SOR/2025-74. This proposal has become law — the page below reflects the version published for comment.

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What this regulation does

These regulations establish the rules and procedures for the new Employment Insurance Board of Appeal, a tripartite three-person panel system that will replace the Social Security Tribunal's General Division for first-level EI appeals, making the process easier to navigate for claimants and employers disputing EI benefit decisions.

Plain-language summary by Legisail — not legal advice.

Business impact

Compliance
These regulations primarily affect individual EI claimants and employers who need to appeal EI benefit reconsideration decisions — approximately 4,000 appeals are expected per year. Employers appealing decisions must provide their CRA business number and contact details, and may be added as parties to claimant appeals if they were previously notified of the reconsideration decision. The regulations confirm no direct compliance costs or administrative burden on Canadian businesses, and the small business lens analysis concluded there is no impact on small businesses. The only incremental cost identified is $330,136 over 10 years for government travel expenses when panels hear cases outside an appellant's home region — costs borne entirely by the government, not businesses.

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Where this regulation is

Proposed
Comment period closed
Final publicationPending

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At a glance

Gazette reference
GI-2024-50-reg6
Comment deadline
January 13, 2025
Jurisdiction
Federal
Official record