maternity - wife's last day of work

[wookie]

Can someone please explain to me in plain english how it works now? I believe that I need to complete this application

http://www100.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/ae-ei/dem-app/english/home2.html

The first two weeks as far as I know is 100% paid through her work, there after the remaining pay comes from the government? Am I correct with this, also I think that for a certain timeframe they top her up to 75% does that mean that we will receive two deposits? One from the government for 55% and the remaining 20% from her employer? I find the documentation on the government websites very confusing about how this works.

[PussInBoots]

When I filled out this same form last year. I filled it out with only the information of what my employer was paying me, how many hours I worked, when I started Mat leave etc. etc. excluding the insurance benefits (ie. top up). The government doesn't care about the top ups because it's not part of your normal pay. (It's actually a insurance payment - to be more specific - short-term disability)

What ends up happening is that the government pays your EI benefits based on your pay starting 2 weeks into your leave. Your employer in turn pretty much knows what EI is paying you, when and how long and will in turn "top up" that EI payment to the amount that you would normally get. So in essence, yes, you will get two cheques - one fron EI and the other from your employer.