Examples of Parental leave benefits in a sentence
Parental leave benefits are applicable to the female or male Employee for the care of and/or adoption of a child/children.
The trend has been for fathers to take fewer weeks each year (i.e., the average was 11 weeks in 2009, but only eight weeks in 2011); excluding Québec, fathers took an average of 18 weeks Parental leave benefits in 2009, 14 weeks in 2010 and 13 weeks in 2011.
Current leave and other employment-related policies to support parents Note on federal and provincial/territorial responsibility: In Canada, the federal government provides Maternity and Parental leave benefits to parents residing outside Québec through the Employment Insurance (EI) programme, funded by employers and employees and administered by the Department of Employment and Social Development Canada.
The EI programme offers Parental leave benefits, but not Maternity leave benefits for parents of newly adopted children.
In the case of two female parents, the partner of the mother is entitled to Paternity and Parental leave benefits if her name is on the birth certificate.
Alternatively, one or both parents can opt to share extended Parental leave benefits for up to 61 weeks, by spreading the same benefit amount over a longer period of time, i.e., 61 weeks at 33 per cent of earnings up to the maximum or a benefit payment ceiling of CAD$328 [€214.13] per week.10• Low-income families (i.e., with a net income of CAD$25,921 [€16,922.31] or less per annum) are eligible for a family supplement under the EI programme, up to a maximum of 80 per cent of average insurable earnings.
EI uses previous 52 weeks; Québec uses past 26 weeks (an extension is granted if earnings were lower for certain reasons).4) Only QPIP has a separate option for adoptive parents; EI Parental leave benefits are the same for biological and adoptive parents5) The low-income supplement is for families with a net annual income of less than CAD$25,921 [€16,922.31].
Parental leave benefits are generally topped up for a maximum of 10 to 15 weeks.Note: The portion of parental leave that is topped up varies between collective agreements.
Parental leave benefits were paid over a period of 1.5 years at that time, and amounted to 340 € per month.
Employees other than casual or temporary employees shall be entitled to Pregnancy and Parental leave benefits in accordance with the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act and the Employment Standards Act of Ontario.