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.
Ei mat leave 18 months.
Say you want to take your 15 weeks maternity leave and all 35 weeks of parental leave and let s say you earn more than 51 300.
5 extra weeks of standard parental benefits or.
You only need 120 insured hours to qualify for benefits because you ll get a one time credit.
Under the new 18 month plan you d collect about 24 450 or about 1 358 per.
As of september 27 2020 there are some temporary changes to the ei program to help you access ei maternity and parental benefits.
Let s do some number crunching.
Will 18 month parental leave reduce pressures on working families.
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.
8 extra weeks of extended parental benefits.
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.
Maternity leave in canada.
The costliest option of course is to offer the same top up benefit for the full 18 months.
The following changes will be in effect for 1 year and could apply to you.