C-249An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (combined weeks of benefits rule and certain benefits)

What it does

• Exempts benefits paid because of pregnancy, or because a claimant is caring for a newborn or an adopted child, from the combined weeks of benefits rule.
• Extends the benefit period for claimants who receive pregnancy or parental benefits.
• Raises the maximum weeks of benefits for caring for or supporting a critically ill adult from 15 to 26, for Employment Insurance claimants and self-employed claimants.
• Allows two claimants caring for the same critically ill adult to divide up to 26 weeks of benefits between them, under the Employment Insurance and self-employed rules.
• Repeals subsection 12(7) and Schedule IV of the Employment Insurance Act.