Certainly with the maternity and parental, you're entitled to 50 weeks, while for sickness, it's 15 weeks, and for compassionate, six weeks, so yes, the costs per claim are generally higher for that.
November 19th, 2009 / 5:20 p.m.
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
Certainly with the maternity and parental, you're entitled to 50 weeks, while for sickness, it's 15 weeks, and for compassionate, six weeks, so yes, the costs per claim are generally higher for that.
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