In Canada, the Federal Employment Insurance Programme provides 35 weeks of paid parental leave, while unpaid leave periods can be longer. For example, the province of Quebec provides up to 52 weeks of unpaid leave, during which period eligible clients can claim benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan. In the Czech Republic, parental benefit can be received until a child is 48 months old, while the job-protected period of leave stops at month 36. In Germany, there is a family leave entitlement of up to three years, but the paid-leave period is limited - an income-related parental allowance (“Eltemgeld") is paid for a period of 12 months, plus a two-month bonus if the father takes at least two months leave.