Source: Meredith MacLeod, CTVNews.ca, September 26, 2018
Canadians will be entitled to more time off work after the birth or adoption of a child, but only if both new parents share the time at home with baby.
The federal government is accelerating the timeline on a new parental sharing benefit aimed at seeing parents more equally share the responsibility of raising children in order to boost gender equality in the workplace.
The new measure will provide an additional five weeks of Employment Insurance parental benefits when parents agree to share them to take time off work.
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