Changes are coming for employment insurance and leave allocations for some Canadian employees later this fall. The leave changes, which received royal assent in June, affect the part of the Canada Labour Code that includes employees in the banking, telecommunications and transportation industries, as well as Crown corporations and some workers on First Nations reserves. The changes to employment insurance […]
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson Inc. is enhancing its parental leave benefits in every country in which it operates. The company is giving new parents a minimum of eight weeks of paid leave during the first year of a child’s birth or adoption. The rollout will take place through the rest of 2017 and into January 2018. […]
Canada’s system of parental leave is about to undergo major changes next year as the government moves to allow new parents to take employment insurance benefits for 18 months. But what does parental leave look like in Sweden, a country often praised for offering generous income replacement and encouraging fathers to take an active role […]
While the federal government’s plan to extend parental benefits under the employment insurance program to 18 months is a welcome move for some working parents, it could create a number of issues for employers that provide top-up programs to their staff. With the potential to create added costs and administrative complexities, the change to a […]
Employers are under no obligation to offer benefits. But if they do, they must offer them to all staffers in the same situation or face potential discrimination claims. Over the past few years, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation has grieved the top-up policies of three school boards that barred teachers from receiving benefits for both […]
Social media company Pinterest is introducing new benefits to support employees with the financial costs of adoption and surrogacy. As of July 1, the company will reimburse employees going through the adoption process with up to US$5,000 in net benefits. Those working with a surrogate can receive reimbursement up to US$20,000 in net benefits, covering […]
The federal government’s plan to extend employment insurance parental benefits to 18 months is “misguided” and “sets a bad precedent,” according to a number of employer and employee representatives discussing the changes on Thursday in front of the Senate committee on social affairs, science and technology. “The low EI maternity and parental benefit rate is […]
In its 2017 budget last week, the federal government extended parental leave from 12 to 18 months. It’s a change that the Liberal government first teased in 2015 and has already ignited a great deal of discussion. Under the change, parents won’t be receiving additional earnings from employment insurance but can opt to receive benefits […]
The federal government is moving ahead with extending employment insurance parental benefits to 18 months and is creating a new 15-week benefit for caregivers. According to Wednesday’s budget announcement, the changes to parental benefits would allow parents to choose to receive employment insurance parental benefits over an extended period of up to 18 months at a lower benefit […]
The Liberal government should rethink federal parental benefits and overhaul a system that’s leaving out too many families and women, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, says the federal government should consider removing parental benefits from the employment insurance system and give it a […]