Maternity: Parental leave could be extended to 6 months, but one goes to dad

    Maternity: Parental leave could be extended to 6 months, but one goes to dad

    The possibility of extending the compulsory leave for the birth and adoption of a child from the current five months to six months is being examined by the Government.

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    Leave in the event of the birth of a child. The possibility of extend compulsory leave for the birth and adoption of a child from the current five months to six months, assuming that the father uses 20% (therefore a month).





    If today there are five mandatory months for the mother and the mandatory leave for the father in 2020 rises from five to seven days, plus an optional day that can only be taken in place of the mother, the idea is now to introduce a single six-month family leave.

    Of these, 80% of the time, just under five months today, will remain reserved for the mother. And the remaining 20%, just over a month, reserved for the father.

    Undersecretary for Labor Francesca Puglisi talks about it, announcing the setting up of a working group on the issue and the possibility of using the European funds available to increase the work of women in a country like ours where there is an employment gap between men and women that is close to 20 points, at the top in the EU.

    If these policies can be useful in pushing women into the labor market, they are welcome.

    “There is a new growth in the abandonment of work after the birth of the first child - concludes Puglisi - we must slow down this trend. Working is important for many reasons, also in order not to be retired poor afterwards ”.

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