You are entitled to a top up of up to 100 per cent of your pre leave salary.
What is mat leave top up.
Becoming a parent is a major event.
Those without a top up were on leave for 46 weeks.
Still on mat leave and found out i m pregnant again.
This section is applicable to employers who provide top ups to maternity parental including adoption compassionate care or family caregiver benefits.
An unpaid maternity leave of up to 17 weeks if you are the birth mother which can be combined with an unpaid parental leave of up to 61 weeks to extend your total time off work.
Some employers may offer you an income top up when you re on parental leave.
Although top ups have become a well known discretionary employer benefit little is known about which employees are covered.
Up to 17 weeks of maternity leave and up to 63 weeks of parental leave for the eligible parent who chooses to take the combined maternity and parental leave for a maximum of 78 weeks.
Also i m high risk.
How long the top up will last.
De grĂ¢ce says she has seen top up plans that don t reference a specific period of time.
Under the bc employment standards act the following unpaid leaves are available.
Both periods were significantly longer than for women without paid leave benefits who returned after an average of 34 weeks the report said.
If the parental leave is shared by both parents the leave increases to 86 weeks.
If your employer offers a top up find out.
However a top up contract is an agreement to pay some of an employee s salary or to top up their income while they are on pregnancy or parental leave by paying the difference between what employment insurance pays and the employee s salary.
I shouldn t have a problem reaching 600 hours but i owe my work 6 months of service or else i have to pay back my top up won t qualify for top up for next leave.
The top up amounts are not considered as earnings and are not deducted from the employees ei benefits when certain requirements are met.
My employer pays a top up to me during maternity leave an amount over and above what i m receiving from employment insurance.
Findings from canada s top 100 employers suggest there has been a distinct surge in the availability of parental leave top up payments particularly for adoptive parents and fathers yerema 2007.
An unpaid parental leave of up to 62 weeks if you are the birth father.