Maternity Leave Benefits

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The rate actually isn't that bad, Playfelt. You pay $1.88 for every $100 you earn up to a maximum of $890 per year.
The benefit rate is 55% of your net income up to a maximum of $500 per week (or an annual net salary of approximately $47000).
So if my net income, or 'earnings' is $20000 I would pay a total of $375 per year and would receive $11000 in benefits for 52 weeks of maternity leave. I would have to pay into EI for more than 20 years in order to have paid more benefits than I receive.