All ten Canadian provinces have now created laws that guarantee job security for employees who need long-term unpaid leave due to serious health problems.

加拿大全部十個省分現已制定法律，保障因嚴重健康問題而需要長期無薪假的員工，確保其職位安全。

National consistency in job protection was reached after New Brunswick took legislative action in June. The New Brunswick government increased the allowed time for unpaid illness and injury leave from only five days to a maximum of 27 weeks. As a result, employees in every province, from British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador, can now take between 26 and 27 weeks of unpaid leave for critical illnesses, such as cancer, without the risk of losing their jobs.

在紐布倫瑞克省於六月採取立法行動後，全國在工作保障方面達到了統一。紐布倫瑞克省政府將無薪病假與傷假的許可時間從僅五天增加至最高 27 週。因此，從卑詩省到紐法蘭與拉布拉多省，每個省分的員工現在面對癌症等嚴重疾病時，都可以請 26 至 27 週的無薪假，而無需擔心失去工作。

In the past, there were large differences in how these protections were applied. For example, Quebec had long-term sick leave rules for over twenty years, whereas other provinces only started making similar changes in the last two years. This shift was caused by federal changes in 2022, when the Canadian government extended unpaid medical leave to 27 weeks for federally regulated workers and increased Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefits from 15 to 26 weeks. Consequently, the Canadian Cancer Society emphasized that these changes are a major achievement resulting from years of organized advocacy.

過去，這些保障的執行方式存在巨大差異。例如，魁北克省早在二十多年前就有了長期病假規則，而其他省分直到近兩年才開始做出類似調整。這一轉變是由 2022 年聯邦政府的變革所引起，當時加拿大政府將受聯邦監管員工的無薪病假延長至 27 週，並將就業保險 (EI) 的疾病津貼從 15 週增加至 26 週。因此，加拿大癌症協會強調，這些改變是多年有組織倡議所取得的重大成就。

Canada has established a consistent provincial standard for extended unpaid medical leave, ensuring that seriously ill workers across the country have job stability.

加拿大已建立統一的省分標準以處理延長無薪病假，確保全國患嚴重疾病的勞工擁有工作穩定性。