EPISODE SUMMARY

Understanding pregnancy and parental leave provisions can be overwhelming at the best of times. OPPA Executive Officer of Pension & Benefits, Lisa Hillstrom, joins the 10-5 podcast to help our members understand what they are entitled to during these leaves.

EPISODE NOTES

Understanding pregnancy and parental leave provisions can be overwhelming at the best of times. OPPA Executive Officer of Pension & Benefits, Lisa Hillstrom, joins the 10-5 podcast to help our members understand what they are entitled to during these leaves. This discussion includes a members leave provisions, the SUB-Allowance entitlement, the difference between the “Standard Parental Leave” and the “Extended Parental Leave” and the importance of reviewing insurances and updating insured benefit coverage.

The pregnancy and parental leave charts referenced in this episode can be found at https://www.oppa.ca/Benefits/Insurance. (login required)

Ontario Shared Services (OSS) Contact Centre – 1-866-979-9300 or askOSS@ontario.ca.

The Ontario Pension Board can be reached at 1-800-668-6203, clientservice@opb.ca or visit their website at https://www.opb.ca/.

Target Benefit Administrators can be reached at 1-888-660-6055 or https://oppa.wlvinc.com/.

Service Canada can be reached through their website at https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/portfolio/service-canada.html or by phone at 1-800-622-6232.

This episode of the 10-5 podcast is produced and hosted by Scott Mills and Joshua Jutras.

Music – “Line of Fire” by Jason Shaw available at Audionautix.com and used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

If you have any questions about this episode of the 10-5 Podcast, please email us at communications@oppa.ca