Bill 29 and Employment Insurance (EI) Appeals
Please be advised that HEU will be representing individual claimants through a Representative Group Appeal.Deadline to appeal is October 2, 2009.
If you received an Individual Claimant Agreement for a Representative Appeal Form from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), please fill out and fax to: Employment Insurance (EI) at 1-250-763-3756.
In addition, please forward the following to HEU:
- a copy of the Appeal form
- a copy of your EI Notice Letter
- a copy of your Notice of Debt
If you have received EI report cards, you are required to fill these out and send them back to EI.
Members, who originally filed an individual claim, will be sent another form from EI. Some of you may have been contacted by phone asking if you want to drop your individual claim and join the Group Appeal. This new form is to formally withdraw your individual appeal and to join the HEU Group Appeal.If you want to be represented by HEU, please complete the form and fax to:
- EI: 1-250-763-3756 and a copy to HEU: 604-739-1510.
If you have been notified that you no longer have a debt and you have filed an appeal, you will be required to sign an APPEAL WITHDRAWAL FORM. Contact us and we will send you the form.
If
you are being called by Revenue Canada
or EI and advised that you are required to pay back money, or make payment arrangements, or your Notice of Debt is being sent to a collection agency, please know that any payback or accrual of
interest is on hold pending the outcome of the appeal.
Ask for the name and Employee ID number of the person calling you, and contact HEU with that information, including your name, contact info and SIN. If you are leaving a voice message, please spell your name and contact information slowly and clearly so that we are able to contact you.
If you require forms or additional information, you can reach us at:
- 604-456-7193 or (toll-free) 1-800-909-4994
- Email: bill29appeal@heu.org
- 5000 North Fraser Way, Burnaby, B.C. V5J 5M3
