ok i live in montreal canada so this is good news for all canadians
but i still want my new american friends to read this also.
awhile back i used to work for a big global retail company `
when i found out last year that my daughter was diagnosed with wegeners they helped me with time off i took my sick hours accumilated plus my vacation time , so they never gave me more hours just helped me out by putting them together. by the way i worked with them for 6 years.
i did every challenge they brought to me my boss was really happy with me
before my daughter became ill they put me on a promotion plan so i had to work morning evening and nights, i did it.
finally i stayed working at nights from 9pm-7am because they found i was taking too many days off because of doc appointments which when i took the days off i would replace them with weekend shifts (a family with an ill child always needs money) so one day i asked about my promotion and they flat out told me i could not get it because i am not a garauntee because of my daughter!!!!!
do you believe it a multi billion dollar company is saying to a mother of 4 which one has a life threating illness plus who worked nights 6 days a week you can not go higher in the company because of your daughter.
so i did what i had to and quit
i found a new job which knows about my daughter and knows she comes first.
so on to the good news
our prime minister announced today that in 2013 they are implamenting a new unemployment benefit for parents with children with life threatening diseases.we will be allowed 35weeks to take care of our kids