MATERNAL

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MATERNAL PARENTAL LEAVES AND BENEFITS

• Presented by
• Justin Jo, Lily Hoang, Shirley Wong, Jenny Yang,
  James Park

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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits

• Definitions
• Maternal and Parental Leave
• Who is eligible
• Length
• Comparison
• Maternal and Parental Benefit
• Who is eligible
• Amount
• Comparison
• Objectives of the policies
• Effects on economy

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SOME DEFINITIONS
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits

• Maternal Leave unpaid, job-protected leave for
  the mother after she gives birth to child
• Parental Leave unpaid, job-protected leave for
  both parents after child come into their care
• Maternal Benefits Parental Benefits employment
  insurance payments from the federal Employment
  Insurance (EI) program

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MP LEAVE WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits

• Completed 3-12 consecutive months of employment,
  depending on provinces
• Must give a written notice to the employer 1
  month before the intended commencement
• Medical certificate attesting to the state of the
  pregnancy and the expected date of birth

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MATERNITY LEAVE HOW LONG IS IT?
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits
Materntiy Leave (weeks) Materntiy Leave (weeks) Materntiy Leave (weeks) Materntiy Leave (weeks)
Alberta 15 Nova Scotia 17
British Columbia 17 Ontario 17
Manitoba 17 Prince Edward Isl. 17
New Brunswick 17 Quebec 18 or 15
Newfoundland 17 Saskatchewan 18
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PARENTAL LEAVE HOW LONG IS IT?
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits
Parental Leave (weeks) Parental Leave (weeks) Parental Leave (weeks) Parental Leave (weeks)
Alberta 37 (shared) Nova Scotia 35
British Columbia 35 Ontario 3537
Manitoba 37 Prince Edward Isl. 35
New Brunswick 37 (shared) Quebec 325 or 253
Newfoundland 35 Saskatchewan 34
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WHO GETS THE LONGEST LEAVE?
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits
Maximum leave entitled (weeks) Maximum leave entitled (weeks) Maximum leave entitled (weeks) Maximum leave entitled (weeks)
Alberta 52 Nova Scotia 52
British Columbia 52 Ontario 89
Manitoba 54 Prince Edward Isl. 52
New Brunswick 52 Quebec 55 or 43
Newfoundland 52 Saskatchewan 52
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WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits

• All families and family types are eligible.
• Full-time and Part-time are included
• EI requirement accumulated 600 insured hours in
  the last 52 weeks or since your last claim.
• Salaried are covered, but self-employed are
  covered only in Quebec
• Traditional as well as same-sex couples are
  included in distribution of time off

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HOW MUCH DO YOU GET FROM THE BENEFIT?
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits
Maternal Benefits

• 15 weeks
• Generally, are equal to 55 of an employee's
  average insurable earnings for the last 26 weeks
• Maximum EI benefit of 413 per week (in 2002).
• Benefits may begin as early as eight weeks before
  the week the baby is due and must generally
  conclude no later than 17 weeks after the baby is
  born

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HOW MUCH DO YOU GET FROM THE BENEFIT?
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits
Parental Benefits

• Up to 35 weeks (can be received by one parent,
  male or female, or split between the two)
• Generally, are equal to 55 of an employee's
  average insurable earnings for the last 26 weeks
• Benefits may begin as early as eight weeks before
  the week the baby is due and must generally
  conclude no later than 17 weeks after the baby is
  born
• Maximum EI benefit of 413 per week (in 2002).

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Quebec Benefit
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits

• Basic Plan
• Maternal 18 weeks, 70
• Paternity 5 weeks, 70
• Parental First 7 weeks, 70
• Next 25 weeks, 55
• Special Plan
• Maternal 15 weeks, 75
• Paternity 3 weeks, 75
• Parental 25 weeks, 75

maximum insurable amount of income is 59,000 (as
of 2007)
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WHO BENEFIT THE MOST?
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits
Annual income of the family 20,000 39,047 60,000
55 of income 11,000 21,476 33,000
Weekly income 212 413 635 (413 - 635 -222)
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OBJECTIVES OF THE POLICY
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits

• Encourage families to have children through EI
  benefits and job protected leave
• Allow female workers to care for their newborn
  babies and to recover from pregnancy
• Provide either or both parents with time to spend
  with their newborns

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EFFECTS ON ECONOMY DECISION MAKING
Maternal Parental Leaves and Benefits

• More incentives for families to have children
• Increased likelihood of returning to the same job
  after childbirth for women
• Added benefit to the society
• help parents stay in workforce
• more children more people in workforce

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MATERNAL PARENTAL LEAVES AND BENEFITS
Thank you!