Does it matter what kind of job you work? or how long do you have to work, does it have to be a certain amount of hours at one job, or throughout the whole year?
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you dont get paid mat leave in canada. you can apply for EI (employment insurance) but you need to have 600 hours in the past year ( a year from the date you apply) and no it does not have to be at one certain job, you could have had 5 jobs, all that matters is if you have those 600 hours.
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you get one year off and you have to have enough hours to get unemployment. 600 hours 52 weeks or since the start of her last claim. 15 weeks is maternity and the rest is parental leave. ask the company you work for if they have some sort of plan for materniny. at my work they paid you 95% of your regular income for the 15 weeks then after that you would only get your EI. http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/lp/spila/wlb/wfp/11Maternity_Leave.shtml#6 That is the link to the info about maternity leave in canada and getin EI
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Look up the canadian website. I am in Canada. You apply to Ei for maternity leave. You need to have put in 600 hours into a job to get it. I seem to recall the website it www.hrsdc.gc.ca...I think its 17 weeks maternity, and the rest is called parental leave. You get paid 55% of your wage to a maximum of $450 a week.
