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Do I have a target on my back?
I posted a while ago about EI claiming that my husband collected parental benefits two years ago while he was working. We were (are) sure this wasn't true. The only thing we could figure was that because he went back to work early and stopped making reports, they have him in the system as reporting 0 earnings, but because he was on the weekly reporting option he wouldn't have received benefits if he didn't report.
We pulled our bank statements from two years ago and we only received six weeks of benefits, which supports our theory (he had booked 8 weeks but went back two weeks early). We contacted them to tell them that but they are maintaining that we received 8 payments, even though our bank history does not support that. They will not give us a record of deposits, either, since it was "too long ago" and they say we owe them two weeks of payments, plus a $450 fine.
arrgh.
Re: Do I have a target on my back?
It probably sucks to fight it, but I would keep going. especially if you have the proof. How did they find out that you were "overpaid" if it was too long ago to bring up the records for you? sounds like they are trying to get you frustrated to just pay and forget about it. Good luck!!
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No luck. After spending forever on the phone we got to the bottom of the issue. My husband has a minimum amount of money he has to make per union regs (when he's not laid off), no matter how little he works. It's called the guarantee top up. The guarantee top up was calculated during his first two weeks of parental leave for the previous two weeks. It went on the record of employment form as earnings during his first two weeks off, even though he wasn't working. When EI found that he "worked" longer than he said, they changed the start date of the claim from April 10 to April 24, and somehow in the system that bumped all his reports up two weeks. Therefore after the bump it looked like he was reporting 0 after he returned to work.
Bottom line: it's his employer's fault and they're not fixing it because there are rules in place about when the guarantee top up is calculated. It's going down as work in the EI system. It's ridiculous that they changed the start date of his claim after the fact but either way, whether they use the right date or not, they're saying we received benefits while he was "working". We're going to have to pay two weeks plus penalty.
That really sucks.
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