Paus presents bill for partner time off after childbirth
Berlin For the planned introduction of a two-week paid break for partners after the birth of a child there is now a draft law. Content is the introduction of an entitlement for dependently employed partners to paid leave for a period of ten working days directly after the birth of the woman, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Family Affairs confirmed on Saturday on request. The draft is in the departmental approval process. Previously, the ARD capital studio had about the from Minister Lisa Paus (Greens) tabled draft reported.
When a child is born, the woman’s partner should be able to take two weeks’ paid leave. In the vast majority of cases, this exemption applies to fathers. If you want to opt out after the birth, you have to take vacation or parental leave to do so. In any case, mothers are paid paid leave for a certain period of time after childbirth due to the statutory rules on maternity protection. The SPD, the Greens and the FDP had agreed on the plan for a paid two-week leave of absence for partners in their coalition agreement.
At the beginning of the year, Paus said that the federal government wanted to support parents’ desire for a partnership-based division of tasks with the exemption. According to the ARD report, the exemption should also apply to single parents. They can therefore name another person from their environment instead of the second parent. The costs for the exemption should not be financed by the employer, but by a pay-as-you-go system, as the ARD further reported with reference to the draft law available to it.
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