Hello, as of the end of October my previous employer applied for a section 189 staff reduction and subsequently offered what they referred to as a “voluntary Retirement / severance package” to several hundred of the affected employees.
I was one of the affected Pension eligible employees – and was subsequently informed that all of these employees over the age of 55 would be eligible for Retirement …WHILE also being eligible for UIF compensation for a period of 12 months.

And now that I have I have finally only just received my UI-19 and UI-2.11 forms from my previous employer and have started looking into the UIF application process – I am starting to see many references to maybe NOT being eligible for UIF any compensation – ie. specifically if I am on Pension, while under the age of 60.

So my question main is, are there special concessions / exceptions made for receiving UIF when the reason given for an empoloyee’s termination of employment is stated on their UI-2.11 form as being “voluntary retirement/severance package”??
While also stating on the UI-2.11 form that the “employee’s contract of employment was terminated by the employer”.