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Seasonal
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]
[As seasonal workers], we don’t have long
benefits to 50 weeks is a positive step for
families in Atlantic Canada.
However, many eligible parents
cannot make full use of this valuable
resource, due to financial constraints or
various pressures to return to work, and
term job security - if they call and we don’t
go they’ll just get somebody else. And then
when your benefits run out you have no
money. So really, even if you have a new
baby you have to go back in or you won’t
have any money down the road. It’s not like
we have other options. from Final Report
©2004, Women's Network PEI, Inc.
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