INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / FEBRUARY 19, 1997

 

 

 

“Same Sex” Provision

Doves College and our in-
surance carrier Great-West
Life, have been successful as
leaders in their respective in-
dustries in providing Dental and
Extended Health benefits to com-

mon-law partners of the same sex.

Specifically, the term “com-
mon-law” spouse now means a
person who resides with the
employee in a common-law
relationship which shall be
defined as a relationship wherein
two persons of the same or op-
posite sex have cohabited for a
period of at least two years as if
husband and wife and whereby

Personal Development

Workshops

All workshops in ROOM 4211

Tues. Feb. 26, 2:00-4:00, Janet Currie

| TEST ANXIETY
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SURVIVING THE END OF RELATIONSHIPS - CANCELLED
Thurs. Feb. 28, 12:00-2:00, Beth Morris

| STRESS MANAGEMENT

ABOUT SHYNESS

PROCRASTINATION - THE ART OF PUTTING THINGS OFF
Thurs. March 14, 12:00-2:00, Alena Strauss

TEST PREP HINTS

| Tues. March 26, 2:00-4:00, Janet Currie

Free to all Douglas College Students. No pre-registration required.

Tues. March 5, 2:00-4:00, Alena Strauss

Thurs. March 7, 12:00-2:00, Beth Morris

 

there is a mutual agreement be-
tween such persons that said
relationship is a permanent
relationship, exclusive of all other
such relationships.

The above amendment be-
came effective July 1, 1990.

Unemployment
Insurance: Parental
Benefits

ill C-21, legislation that

amended the Unemployment
Insurance Act, received Royal As-
sent on October 23, 1990. One of
the most significant developments
was the addition of Parental
benefits.

 

 

Parental benefits are payable
to a mother or father staying at
home to care for a newborn or an
adopted child at any time within
the 52-week period following the
birth or adoption. Generally, a
maximum of 10 weeks may be
taken. One parent may claim the
full 10 weeks or the time may be
shared, either simultaneously or
separately. For example, both
parents might decide to stay at
home together and each could col-
lect benefits for five weeks. Alter-
natively, the mother might stay at
home and collect for seven weeks
and the father could subsequently
stay at home and collect for three
weeks.

The 10-week maximum may
be extended to 15 weeks when a
child is six months or older on ar-
rival in the parents’ home and suf-
fers from a physical, psychological
or emotional condition that re-
quires longer parental care. The ex-
tended benefits may be shared by
both parents as well.

Fifteen weeks of maternity
benefits will continue to be avail-
able to mothers, in addition to the
Parental benefits.

For clarification on any of the
above items or for further informa-
tion, please contact Joanne
Campbell in the Personnel Depart-
ment at 527-5390. @