raima

回復 26# samsung

why do you think it's ridiculous? do you mean a contract employee can take advantage (or more advantage) of maternity/parental leave where a full-time regular employee can't (or take less advantage)?

raima

You can read more from the link above. Usually mat leave are unpaid and they get support from EI.  ...
akshea 發表於 2010-4-29 14:53

or this link may be helpful too
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/e ... rnityparental.shtml

raima

this here explains maternity and parental benefits http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/e ... al.shtml#Maternity3

Maternity benefits are payable to the birth mother or surrogate mother for a maximum of 15 weeks.

Parental benefits are payable either to the biological or adoptive parents while they are caring for a new-born or an adopted child, up to a maximum of 35 weeks.

There's the 2 week waiting period. Total adds up to 52 weeks (1 year).

raima

well... if it is only 1 yr contract, let say she is 7 months at employment, she only needs to work ...
samsung 發表於 2010-4-30 16:19

yes, birth mother gets paid for giving birth. it's not paid by the company. it's ei. and the ei amount is not the same as what she earns from her job. ei is only 55% of the average insured earnings up to a yearly maximum insurable amount of $43,200.

it's not free money, and still have to pay tax since it's a source of income.

raima

ok, EI pays, then not the employer suffer, it's the govt suffer aka us, even worse
samsung 發表於 2010-4-30 16:21

the government welcomes kids. this is intended to encourage people to have kids. i think it's fair game. kids are expensive and if the government is not willing to do this, some people won't have kids because they can't afford a year off with no income.

besides, it's 55% and have to pay tax. sounds fair to me.

and if you ask parents, this 55% is only decent. just imagine you earn X dollars, and only for yourself to spend. when you have a kid, you only get half of X and you'll have to split it between you and the kid in the 1st year. (this scenario excludes other subsidies)