Maternity leave and parental leave.
Ei mat leave alberta.
As of september 27 2020 there are some temporary changes to the ei program to help you access ei maternity and parental benefits.
The bottom line is that any ei claim you make you can only use within a 52 week period with some rare exceptions so if you go on regular ei in september and say switch to maternity ei in november you can only have ei until the following september sice the.
Under alberta s employment standards code employees have the right to certain job protected leaves of absence.
Employment insurance ei benefits employees may be eligible for maternity or parental benefits under the federal ei program.
It is important to be aware that the eligibility requirements for employment insurance benefits and eligibility to take a job protected leave in alberta may be different.
Hi all ei question going from unemployment to maternity leave benefits i was laid off from my work in jan 2018 and i am due in mid may 2018 with the new law of applying 12 weeks prior earliest i can apply for is around feb last week will it be smarter to just wait and apply for matt leave or apply for ei and then switch to matt leave.
8 extra weeks of extended parental benefits.
Ive been in that boat and its tricky.
If your child was born or placed with you for the purpose of adoption on or after march 17 2019 and you share employment insurance parental benefits with another parent you may be eligible for.
This means a pregnant employee can take a leave of up to 78 weeks 1 5 years 16 weeks of maternity leave and 62 weeks of parental leave.
5 extra weeks of standard parental benefits or.
Ei requires a minimum number of hours in the 52 weeks before making a claim to qualify for payments.
You won t get a full year of mat leave if you start a regular ei claim and switch it to mat leave.
The following changes will be in effect for 1 year and could apply to you.
When the gi benefit continues to date of delivery the employee will commence on ei and seb plan benefits from the date of delivery if eligible.
Since march some new and soon to be mothers couldn t work because of public health restrictions.
When an employee s valid health related absence continues beyond the maximum of 17 weeks covered by the seb plan the employee will be placed on gi leave if the employee has gi benefits available.
Based on these numbers a mother receiving the maximum amount of ei will received 28 100 over the span of 12 months or 28 987 over 18 months.
In other words if you opt to take an 18 month parental leave you will receive 225 less per week at maximum earnings than with the 12 month option.
