The word "income" also includes earnings and benefits received by the recipient. It does not include other forms of resources such as property, liquid assets, shared housing and parental contribution.
CONCEPT OF INCOME CESSATION
Income ceases when the SOURCE PROVIDING IT ENDS: for example, the work contract or eligibility period for benefits.
The DATE OF CESSATION is the date the work contract or eligibility period for benefits ends or the date on which a last payment that was to be made was not made (e.g. when a support payment is not paid in February, January is then considered as the month when income ceased).
However, there is NO CESSATION OF INCOME when:
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income of the same nature and OF THE SAME TYPE RESUMES during the MONTH OF CESSATION (e.g. employment ends on May 5 and other employment begins on May 20);
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income of the same nature continues. The adult or another family member (dependent child whose income cannot be excluded or spouse) has the same type of income which did not cease. The income is then not considered as having ceased but as being reduced.
Type of income
Income is of the same type when it is of the SAME NATURE or from the SAME SOURCE.
Accordingly, PAYMENTS MADE BY THE ESDC to a person receiving parental leave allowances under the Employment Insurance Act after a period of employment insurance are of the same type as the regular employment insurance benefits because they are of the same nature.
On the other hand, when a worker begins receiving WAGE-LOSS INSURANCE, work income is considered to have ceased: wage-loss insurance is not a type of income resembling work income.
Transition - Work Income - CNESST Benefits
When a recipient has an industrial accident, if his employer continues to pay 90% of his net salary during the first 14 days following the beginning of the incapacity (date of accident or the cessation of work). The employer will be reimbursed by the CNESST.
For calculation purposes, we enter in the account the amounts received during the first 14 days (90 %) of the net salary without applying excluded work revenues, because the nature of the amount is a CNESST benefit.
The date the income ceases is the date of the beginning of the incapacity (date of accident or cessation of work).