Canadian Moms

[laurao]

Hi ladies,
I normally post on MM, but I have a question directly related to children, so I thought it would be best to ask here. I just wanted to know how many weeks the government uses to calculate your EI for maternity leave? My hours range, but I've got some overtime banked, and I want to make sure to use it in a time period that would be included in my EI calculation. Thanks!

[heygrey]

they take your highest 26 weeks out of the last 52 to calculate your EI payment. so it doesn't really matter when you put it on, as long as it's within the last year

this helped me a lot because I normally worked 32 hours a week, but would occasionally do 40-48 if I needed to cover someone else. I had a long stretch where I covered two vacations back to back in my second tri so those 3 weeks were a great boost.

[Deleted]

And then your EI maxes out at around $500/week, so it only really matters if your income is under the max insured - about $49K/year.

[laurao]

Perfect, thanks ladies! I think my work only provides the earnings for the last 26 weeks, so that was the number I was looking for.