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    Canada is extending paid parental leave to 18 months.

    https://www.thestar.com/news/can…

    Eligible new parents will be able to spread 12 months of employment insurance benefits over 18 months after the birth of a child. Other changes for family caregiver benefits and the option to take maternity benefits 12 weeks before the baby is due will also come into effect on Dec. 3.

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    • fuuuu ... I get 6 weeksmonospaced
    • ^ that's probably your company, not the gov't, yes?Gnash
    • yeah, but thats actually good in the us :/
      Government gives NOTHING      monospaced
    • i don't get it. that sucksGnash
    • The 12 month extension though is great so that the father can grab some of that extra time off and not at the expense of the mother's.ETM
    • But in the case where the mom may take all 18 months, that does make things a bit harder for the employers filling even larger mat leaves.ETM
    • For our American friends, we have laws here that require the employer retain the working position of the person on parental leave so they can return.ETM
    • Or pay adequate severance payment to terminate/buy out their position.ETM
    • Don't know why , but this reminded me of an American ad I saw, where you get a free AK47 with your car purchasedrgs
    • The flip side being that a lot of women use this system as a way to find a new job, few women ever return to their old job causing serious problems for businesszarkonite
    • ^ that's true. but usually they stay home longer with the kids before finding a new gigGnash
    • I live in Kanada and I never heard of thisBennn
    • I hear the gross payout is the same whether 12 or 18 months. So 18mo you are at like 30% salary instead of 45% or whatever it ismonNom
    • Yeah the total amount is fixed, you just spread it over more time. Essentially it's a rule change to the duration only.zarkonite
    • @Benn yes, but you live in the Quebec bubble :)ETM
    • Socialism FTWGuyFawkes
    • Time to make babies!!pango
    • :PBennn
    • @gnash: which is unfair to the employer and coworkers who have to pay into unemployment to give her a free a vacation... it's this kind of abuse that makeszarkonite
    • social programmes fail.zarkonite
    • I agree that E.I. gets abused a lot, but I don't think that mat. leave falls into that category, really.Gnash
    • Some women may use the opportunity to look into career shifts but I imagine she'd return if the company met her needsGnash
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