Library of Parliament: Maternity\Parental Leave Provisions
August 2001
Library of Parliament Research Officers and Research Assistants may now have up to 35 weeks of parental leave with a salary top up of 93%. Equally important, there are transitional provisions which ensure that these improved maternity and parental leave benefits are retroactive to January 1, 2001, the date upon which the changes to the EI legislation came into effect. Our Research Officers or Research Assistants who are already on leave or who have already scheduled maternity and parental leave for children born or adopted after December 31, 2000 may request the extended benefits.