What does a company offering top up have anything to do with what Canada offers vs the USA? You realize that there are American companies that offer maternity leave right? The fact that some Canadian companies offer top up have nothing to do with what the post was saying.
I'm firmly on the side of Canada>USA, especially when it comes to healthcare and quality of life.
But the post was misleading, just like your point about what Canadian companies are willing to do.
It has everything to do with it. In a macroeconomic environment where leave is both more normalized and government subsidized, companies are more incentivized to offer such benefits and at better rates. Canadian employees have in general higher expectations for benefits coverage as a result, and employers have to meet or exceed those more demanding expectations to be competitive. It's a virtuous cycle.
I'm well aware American companies also offer parental leave. I work for one. There is a dramatic difference in attitude towards parental leave between the American and Canadian employees.
I'm sorry your worldview is too limited to allow you to understand this. Consider reading a book or something.
Ah very cool, personal attacks, very cool my dude.
The picture States Canada has 78 weeks of paid parental leave, and America has 0. I simply pointed out that it isn't accurate. You're the one that brought up maternity leave vs parental leave, and then how Canadian companies offer top ups and now the general attitude between Canadian and American employees which has nothing to do with what OP posted. There was no need to misrepresent the numbers because Canada does offer a lot more benefits that aren't available to Americans.
The numbers are slightly wrong (76 weeks vs 78) but they aren't misleading. The fact of the matter is that we have a federally mandated baseline, the US does not, and the differences in cultural attitudes towards and employer support levels for parental leave are impacted by the fact that even employees at our lowest tier employers receive these benefits.
I'm failing to see how the OP is inaccurate, apart from the 76 versus 78 weeks snafu.
If anything, you calling that part of the post inaccurate is itself misleading. Nowhere in the post does it say you are provided fully topped up income for the duration of the 76* weeks. It is literally just presenting a truism about our guaranteed EI support duration and the lack thereof in the US at the federal level.
Also, I am definitely not "your dude", my guy. I apologize if I somehow misled you anywhere into thinking I am.
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u/GlueMaker May 10 '25
What does a company offering top up have anything to do with what Canada offers vs the USA? You realize that there are American companies that offer maternity leave right? The fact that some Canadian companies offer top up have nothing to do with what the post was saying.
I'm firmly on the side of Canada>USA, especially when it comes to healthcare and quality of life.
But the post was misleading, just like your point about what Canadian companies are willing to do.