Employment Insurance

Public Funding for Child-rearing through EI Benefits

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 31, 2018May 21, 2020in Employment Insurance, Misc.

January 31, 2018. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada: Does it work? Public Funding for Child-rearing through EI Benefits - only about two-thirds of mothers receive any EI benefits Download PDF here

1 in 3 Canadian mothers do not receive any EI maternity/parental benefits.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 1, 2013May 14, 2020in Employment Insurance, Misc.

1 in 3 Canadian mothers do not receive any EI maternity/parental benefits. In 2011, 68% of mothers with children 12 months and under received these benefits. 76.6% had insurable employment and 88% of those got benefits. See the Statistics Canada…

The mother of all paradoxes: November 2009 Article in Prospect Magazine (UK) (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 18, 2009June 16, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Employment Insurance, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

"The mother of all paradoxes. Stronger maternity rights can help mothers, but they will hurt employers and women in general." London School of Economics Senior Research Fellow, Dr Catherine Hakim, argues against expanded maternity/parental leave (EI) saying it does not…

Employment Insurance—Parental & Maternity Leave: Does extended maternity/parental leave help families? (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 15, 2009June 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Employment Insurance, Misc., Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Recently, some in the daycare lobby have suggested expanding parental and maternity leave Employment Insurance, increasing the benefits paid and having father-only leave. See Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) report "15 by 15: A Comprehensive Policy for Early Human Capital…

Statistics Canada: More mums are breastfeeding longer after Employment Insurance leave increased from 6 months to 1 year (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 15, 2007June 17, 2020in Breastfeeding, Employment Insurance

Statistics Canada: More mums are breastfeeding longer after Employment Insurance leave increased from 6 months to 1 year (brokenl ink)