Mat Leave Top Up Canada

If your weekly earnings vary or your income changes.

Mat leave top up canada. Requirements that must be met. At raymond james ltd an investment firm with 1 000 staff across canada the top up program boosts the replacement rate to 70 per cent for 17 weeks. Also i m high risk. At the discretion of your employer you may take this leave in 2 periods.

Just one in five mothers on parental leave also got top up payments from their employers in 2008 a proportion that s little changed over the past decade a statistics canada paper released. This section is applicable to employers who provide top ups to maternity parental including adoption compassionate care or family caregiver benefits. The supplement is not deducted from the employees ei benefits if the plan meets the following two conditions. Some employers provide additional money to employees on maternity or parental leave.

How long the top up will last. This top up pays a portion of your regular salary and supplements your ei or quebec parental insurance plan benefits. Some employers may offer you an income top up when you re on parental leave. This is called a top up.

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. 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. Both maternity and parental leave taken.

If the parental leave is shared by both parents the leave increases to 86 weeks. The canada revenue agency determines what types of earnings are insurable. In addition a provincially legal adoption process must be underway before you request this leave. Still on mat leave and found out i m pregnant again.

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. The top up amounts are not considered as earnings and are not deducted from the employees ei benefits when certain requirements are met. Parental leave for adoption. You may take up to 37 weeks of leave without pay in the 52 week period beginning on the day a child you are in the process of adopting comes into your care.

How much you ll get.