Women who do temporary, contract or
seasonal work and women who work part-time
are less likely to be eligible for
maternity and parental benefits under the
EI Act than women who work full-time
and women who are self-employed, with
the exception of self-employed fishers, are
simply not eligible at all. This accounts for
41% of all Canadian women who work.
Among those who are employed, women
were more likely than men to have a nonstandard
work arrangement in 1999: 41%
versus 29%. [Statistics Canada (2000), pg.
103]
