Costs

There is no fee to file an appeal with the Tribunal. However, parties may have to cover some or all of the following:

• Photocopying
• Sending documents to the Tribunal by Canada Post or a courier service
• Paying a health professional to write a report on your behalf (if you so choose)
• Hiring a representative to appear on your behalf
• Translating documents from another language into either English or French
• Taking time off work to participate in your hearing
• Paying the expenses of your witness(es) to participate in the hearing (if required)
• Travelling to the hearing (if an in-person or videoconference hearing is selected)

Note that subsection 63 (1) of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act reads: "Any party who is required to attend a hearing may, if the Chairperson in any particular case for special reasons considers it warranted, be reimbursed for their travel or living expenses up to the amounts determined by the Chief Administrator of the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada, or be paid any allowance, including compensation for lost remuneration, in accordance with the rates fixed by that Chief Administrator."