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Ferarri · 08-03-2024, 10:56 PM

My wife and I are expecting a baby in December and trying to get information from our employers and service Canada has been next to impossible.

The plan as of right now is for my wife to take a 12 month maternity leave and I believe I am allocated 5 additional weeks via parental leave (paid out via EI at 55% salary).

Where is gets tricky is from our employers perspective. I currently have the better top up benefits, but their definition for qualification is that you have to be the "primary caregiver". I haven't been able to get a clear answer as to what that means. I assume my wife is the primary, but can that be switched since I have the better benefits? Would she still qualify for mat leave if the definition of primary caregiver was changed?

Appreciate any insight that people may have.

08-03-2024, 10:56 PM	#1
Ferarri First Line Centre Join Date: Sep 2007 Exp:	Parental Leave My wife and I are expecting a baby in December and trying to get information from our employers and service Canada has been next to impossible. The plan as of right now is for my wife to take a 12 month maternity leave and I believe I am allocated 5 additional weeks via parental leave (paid out via EI at 55% salary). Where is gets tricky is from our employers perspective. I currently have the better top up benefits, but their definition for qualification is that you have to be the "primary caregiver". I haven't been able to get a clear answer as to what that means. I assume my wife is the primary, but can that be switched since I have the better benefits? Would she still qualify for mat leave if the definition of primary caregiver was changed? Appreciate any insight that people may have.