Question

[Maria1980]

hello,

this is actually for a friend..

she is working part time at the moment and she is pregnant, (just found out) my question is can she go on maternity leave? and how much will she get paid? She lives in Canada.

[Mythical_Suicide]

I dont know how it is in Canada but if it's like it is here in the States she needs to talk with her job about it. Noone on here can give you that information, it all differs job to job.

[BornToResist]

She'll have to talk to her employer about it.

 

I personally kept it to myself until after the first trimester.

[rocio]

I think it depends on the province. Provided she has worked there for at least 13 weeks (before taking her leave), she is entitled to 17 weeks of pregnancy leave and 35 weeks of parental leave. This is for Ontario, but may be slightly different in other parts of Canada.

 

It is not paid, but the government will pay her some maternity benefits. (Unless her company has good benefits, and then they will pay her as well)

[Maria1980]

She'll have to talk to her employer about it.

 

I personally kept it to myself until after the first trimester.

 

and what happened to you after?

[Maria1980]

I think it depends on the province. Provided she has worked there for at least 13 weeks (before taking her leave), she is entitled to 17 weeks of pregnancy leave and 35 weeks of parental leave. This is for Ontario, but may be slightly different in other parts of Canada.

 

It is not paid, but the government will pay her some maternity benefits. (Unless her company has good benefits, and then they will pay her as well)

 

 

would you know how much the government will pay?

[rocio]

I think it's important to wait until after your first trimester to tell your employer. There is a pretty good chance of losing the baby in the first 3 months, and if that happened, you wouldn't want everyone at work to know about it.

[rocio]

"The basic benefit rate is 55% of your average insured earnings up to a maximum amount of $413 per week. Your EI payment is a taxable income, meaning federal and provincial or territorial taxes, if it applies, will be deducted from your payment. "

 

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[Maria1980]

Thank you for the link. But I don't see anything for part time workers.. hummm

[Blue Skittles]

It depends on the employer and how long she has been working there. When I was working on part time I could only get health benefits and options for maternity leave after I had gotten permanent part time which would happen after 2 years of employment. But it varies from place to place so have her contact her employer. ( I too am in Canada).

 

If she us unable to get mat leave, she might be able to go on EI --- I'm not sure for how long or how much she would get - she would probably have to get her employer to lay her off and then she can claim EI.

[rocio]

Thank you for the link. But I don't see anything for part time workers.. hummm

 

It is the same regardless of whether she is part-time, full-time, casual or term. The only thing is that she must have worked 600 hours in the last 52 weeks before taking her leave (That's 11 hours per week for a year).

 

Check out this website if the other one was too complicated:

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"Through EI, you can receive a combination of maternity and parental benefits, up to a combined maximum of 50 weeks (a maximum of 15 weeks for maternity leave plus a maximum of 35 weeks for parental leave).

 

Parental benefits are paid to parents while they are caring for a newborn or adopted child, up to a maximum of 35 weeks. These benefits can be claimed by the mother, usually starting after the 15 weeks of maternity leave have passed, shared between the two parents, or collected by the father. Like maternity benefits, the qualification requirement for parental benefits is 600 insured work hours in the 52 previous weeks.

 

The basic rate of benefits is 55 per cent of average insured earnings – up to a maximum of $413 per week. Most qualified claimants receive their first benefit payment within 28 days from the date of filing for the claim."

 

 

...This applies for any province