Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles Chapter 14 - Annex 2

Annex 2 - Decision chart for casual or substitute teachers


Casual/ Substitute teaching in Qualifying Period (QP)	Previous contract in the Qualifying Period (QP)	New signed or verbal contract	Linkages	D23^{Footnote 1} Summer	D23 Other non-teaching (NT) periods	Rationale
No	No	No	n/a	No	No	No teaching in QP therefore EIR 33 does not apply
No	No	Yes	n/a	No	No	No teaching in QP therefore EIR 33 does not apply
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Does not meet any exemption in EIR 33(2); teaching employment in QP not solely casual or substitute. D23 for all non-teaching periods
Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Meets 33(2)(a) during summer non-teaching period as no linkages to next contract exist. D23 for other non-teaching periods as new contract in effect
Yes	Yes	No	n/a	No	No	D23 to end of previous contract only. Then meets 33(2)(a) as no new contract
Yes	No	Yes	n/a	No	No	Meets 33(2)(b) in all non-teaching periods in benefit period (BP) as all teaching employment in QP was casual or substitute
Yes	No	No	n/a	No	No	Meets 33(2)(a) & (b) therefore no D23 for any non-teaching period in BP
No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	D23 to end of previous contract. Does not meet any exemption in EIR 33(2). D23 from the date of contract, for all non-teaching periods where contract still in effect
No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	D23 to end of previous contract only. Then meets 33(2)(a) during summer non-teaching period as no linkages exist. D23 for other non-teaching periods as new contract in effect
No	Yes	No	n/a	No	No	D23 to end of previous contract. Then, no contract or linkages therefore, no D23 for any non-teaching periods in BP