miscarriage – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:24:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 How employers can support employees experiencing pregnancy loss https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/how-employers-can-support-employees-experiencing-pregnancy-loss/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=159462 Despite the prevalence of pregnancy loss, many employers still don’t have a plan in place that adequately supports employees experiencing this type of loss, says Michelle La Fontaine, a program manager at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network. “We’ve heard a variety of experiences from families who have experienced pregnancy and infant […]

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]]> Alberta expanding bereavement leave policy to include parents experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/absence-management/alberta-expanding-bereavement-leave-policy-to-include-parents-experiencing-miscarriage-stillbirth/ Wed, 04 May 2022 13:00:36 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=120510 Alberta’s government is proposing an amendment to provincial labour legislation that would extend bereavement leave to parents who’ve experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth. The proposed amendments would expand access to any employee who would’ve been a parent, including biological parents, adoptive parents and surrogates, according to a press release. While employees won’t be required to […]

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]]> Conservatives’ promising EI benefits to parents experiencing miscarriage, loss of a child https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/conservatives-promising-ei-benefits-to-parents-experiencing-miscarriage-loss-of-a-child/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:00:35 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=107521 The Conservative Party is promising, if elected, to extend employment insurance parental benefits to parents experiencing the trauma of a miscarriage, stillbirth or loss of a child. “Every year, thousands of Canadian parents struggle with the loss of a child, but our current benefits system does not provide the proper support for grieving parents,” said […]

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]]> New Zealand now offers paid leave for miscarriage, should Canada follow suit? https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/benefits-other/new-zealand-now-offers-paid-miscarriage-leave-should-canada-follow-suit/ Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:00:18 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=98029 New Zealand’s parliament unanimously approved legislation last month that gives couples the right to three days of paid leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth, making it one of the first countries in the world to do so. While the country had previously required employers to provide paid leave in the event of a stillbirth — […]

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