. 2011 May 18;11:335. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-335

Table 1.

The Eligibility Requirements and Core Features of the Canadian CCB

Eligibility Requirements	Core Features
• Applicant must be a full-time worker eligible for Employment Insurance, having accumulated 600 hours of insurable earnings over the last 52 weeks • Regular weekly earnings have decreased by more than 40% • The patient must be applicant's family member or a family member of the applicant's spouse or common-law partner • Medical proof showing that the ill family member is at risk of dying within 26 weeks, and that they are in need of care or support	• 6 weeks of income support with a two-week unpaid waiting period before payments begin • Payments of up to 55% of regular earnings, up to a maxiumum of $457 CDN per week • 8 weeks of job security • The benefit can be shared between family members • The benefit can be taken consecutively or broken up into shorter periods within the 26 weeks

Eligibility Requirements

Core Features

• Applicant must be a full-time worker eligible for Employment Insurance, having accumulated 600 hours of insurable earnings over the last 52 weeks
• Regular weekly earnings have decreased by more than 40%
• The patient must be applicant's family member or a family member of the applicant's spouse or common-law partner
• Medical proof showing that the ill family member is at risk of dying within 26 weeks, and that they are in need of care or support

• 6 weeks of income support with a two-week unpaid waiting period before payments begin
• Payments of up to 55% of regular earnings, up to a maxiumum of $457 CDN per week
• 8 weeks of job security
• The benefit can be shared between family members
• The benefit can be taken consecutively or broken up into shorter periods within the 26 weeks