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 […]
TD Bank and Johns Hopkins University have launched new parental leave policies. The new policy for employees at TD Bank and TD Securities U.S. offers 16 weeks of paid leave to all new parents. It also provides primary and secondary caregiver eligibility, regardless of gender, as well as job protection during the leave. TD Bank […]
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 […]
Alberta has published proposed amendments to the province’s employment standards code and labour relations code that would support family-friendly workplaces and bring the province’s standards into alignment with the rest of Canada. If passed, the Fair and Family-Friendly Workplace Act, which is the first major overhaul of Alberta’s workplace rules in almost 30 years, would […]
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 […]
Roughly a third of U.S. employers (38 per cent) offer paid parental leave to new parents, according to a report from WorldatWork and Mercer. There’s no federal mandate to offer paid leave, although some states and municipalities, such as California, San Francisco, New York, New Jersey and Hawaii, require organizations to do so. “Increased public attention, employee […]
Indiana University has introduced six weeks of paid leave for all employees. The new program, which takes effect on July 1, 2017, will be available to both mothers and fathers whose child is born or adopted, who have been in non-temporary positions of 30 hours or more per week and have been continuously employed in […]
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 […]