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Deduction of CERB From Wrongful Dismissal Damages

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice noted that the CERB was an ad hoc program and it was not equitable to reduce the plaintiffโ€™s entitlements accordingly.

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During the pandemic, the federal government introduced several programs to provide financial assistance to those affected by economic lockdowns and business closures. The Canada Emergency Response Benefit program (CERB) provided $2,000 for an initial 4-week period, with an extension to 28-weeks for a maximum of $14,000.

Eligibilityย for CERB included:

  • ย individuals residing in Canada;
  • who were at least 15 years old;
  • who had stopped working or had been working reduced hours due to COVID-19;
  • who did not expect to earn over $1,000 in employment or self-employment income for at least 14 days in a row during a four-week period;
  • who had employment or self-employment income of at least $5,000 in 2019 or in the 12 months prior to the date of their application; and
  • who had not quit their job voluntarily.

An analysis byย Statistics Canadaย found that over a third of all Canadians who earned more than $5,000 in 2019 received CERB payments in 2020. As expected, industries worst affected by the pandemic such as accommodations and food services saw the greatest number of CERB payments, with women, low-wage, visible minority and Indigenous, and younger workers most likely to receive CERB.

For those workers laid off during the pandemic, the question has always remained whether CERB would be deducted fromย notice periodsย in wrongful dismissal claims. To date, no appellate court in Canada has resolved this issue, and decisions across jurisdictions provide different results.

Inย Iriotakis v. Peninsula Employment Services Limited, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice noted that the CERB was anย ad hocย program that neither employer or employee paid into or earned over time, and it was not equitable to reduce the plaintiffโ€™s entitlements accordingly.

Inย Hogan v 1187938 B.C. Ltd., the Supreme Court of British Columbia distinguished it fromย Iriotakisย on the basis that the employment contract did not provide an entitlement to commission, and retaining the CERB payments would not have put the plaintiff in a better position.ย Applying the principles of contract law fromย IBM Canada Limited v. Waterman,ย the court found in this case it should be deducted.

The same court inย Verigen v Ensemble Travel Ltd.ย distinguishedย Hoganย because the plaintiff in that case signed a layoff notice, and there was a finding of constructive dismissal. Although the CERB payment was not deducted, it was because the payment was received during a 5 month layoff, which preceded the date that the court determined the termination occurred and was therefore not an issue that was addressed.

Conversely, the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan โ€“ Civil Division inย Abdon v Brandt Industries Canada Ltd.ย chose to follow the holding inย Hoganย and notย Iriotakis,ย deducting the CERB payment, but primarily because the latter decision was based in equitable considerations, and the provincial court did not have the same subject-matter jurisdiction as a court of inherent jurisdiction to apply the same principles.

The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia also found that CERB should not be deducted inย Slater v. Halifax Herald Limited, based on an assumption that some people will have to pay back the CERB payment. The rationale used by the court was a comparison with Employment Insurance benefits, which are not typically deducted given an employeeโ€™s obligation to repay the federal government. The same basis was relied upon in the BC decision ofย Andrews v Allnorth Consultants Limited.

The BC court inย Yates v Langley Motor Sport Centre Ltd.ย is the only one of these decisions that engaged directly with the statutory provisions, andย concluded that CERB should be deducted based on a review of s. 6(1)(b) of theย Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act. Based on the available evidence it did not appear that the CERB would need to be paid back.

Reotech Construction Ltd. v Sniderย came to yet another conclusion in BC, albeit in an appeal arising from small claims court. The decision not to deduct CERB was correct, but only because the trial judge did not have the benefit ofย Yates. The court concluded in the absence of any evidence that CERB would be repaid, it was an error in law or an error of mixed fact and law to deduct it.

The BC courtโ€™s most recent decision inย Shalagin v Mercer Celgar Limited Partnershipย reviewed many of the forgoing cases, referenced judicial comity but also the lack of binding nature of these decisions, and deducted CERB on the basis ofย Hogan,ย Yates, andย Abdon.

Inย Oostlander v Cervus Equipment Corporation,ย the Court of Queenโ€™s Bench of Alberta, the court distinguished the case fromย Irotakis,ย Hoganย andย Snider, and deducted the CERB benefits from the plaintiffโ€™s final damage award. The court refused to speculate whether CERB would have to be repaid.ย A failure to deduct CERB would result in double recovery. This decision was also notable given a 24 month notice period, given the extensive period of time they worked for the employer.ย 

This dizzying review of treatment of CERB could likely be attributed in large part to the uncertainties and confusion over the payment itself.

An estimated 1.7 million Canadiansย may need to pay CERB back to the government, though there will not be penalties or interest on overpayments. The reason how this occurred is explained by Erica Alini inย The Globe,

The issue dates back to the early days of the CERB, when Ottawa distributed a $2,000 โ€œadvanceโ€ payment to many who applied for the benefit through Service Canada before June 14, 2020. The funds, which were in addition to the regular benefit of $500 a week, represented a four-week advance of future payments and were an effort to get money into peopleโ€™s pockets as quickly as possible, the government said at the time.

Still others received payment when they may not have been eligible, or lost eligibility. The Government of Canada has aย websiteย that helps with determining whether CERB will need to be paid back to the CRA.

From a file management perspective, counsel should be making inquiry of their clients and the other side as to whether an overpayment letter has been received. They should also inquire whether the employee has logged in to their CRA account to check their CERB status.

Even then, itโ€™s possible that a court will not base its decision on the need for repayment, and instead deduct CERB payments on the basis of avoiding any double recovery. Until there is an appellate decision on the subject itโ€™s unlikely that there will be clarity on this point, and any settlement discussions navigating CERB payments will encounter challenges in identifying the appropriate legal principles at play.

 
 

 
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