EI - Return to work date?

kwann.81

Just wondering if anyone knows how the return to date works with EI?  

I had my baby at the end of June but went out on leave two weeks before.  I got my first EI payment in July.  I thought I would have to go back to work mid-June but looking online, my return to work is dated in August....

Does this make sense?

SilentC

Sorry, I'm no help. I need to look into this myself, as my original return to work date has changed. I had 2 weeks of vacation at the beginning of my mat leave... or so I thought. I had the baby on vacation day #3. So I'm assuming those days will be carried over and that I can tack them on the end of my mat leave, even though I was already carrying over the maximum allowed. I hope. It's all very confusing.

Jen&Joe06

That doesn't make sense to me. What did your company list as your last day of work?

kwann.81

My company has June 11th and the gov't has my start date as June 14th.  DD's birthday is June 26th.  And my return to work date is in August...

Jen&Joe06

Well that is odd. Hmmmm to question it or not???

E_sharp

I had the same thing. Left work in Mid-April, but the end date of my claim was like June.

I called and they told me that is because of the new legislation about getting an extra 5 weeks of EI if you were laid off while you were on mat leave. Something about how I have been paying into it since 1995 and I've earned it. Anyway, since I do have a job to go back to, I can't get that extra 5 weeks.

Hope that helps.