The Family Law, promoted by the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 of Ione Belarra and approved on March 28, a new 8-week parental leave.
The new parental leave may be enjoyed by the parents continuously or intermittently, until their child turns eight years old. In addition, it will be paid leave, as required by the 2019 European standard on reconciliation of family and professional life of parents and caregivers (EU Directive 2019/1158), a circumstance not contemplated in the original text of the draft of the Law of Families.
Regarding the amount of compensation, the aforementioned European standard provides that member states will have until August 2024 to establish the permit measures.
This 8-week parental leave is intended for all workers, men or women, for the care of a son, daughter or minor fostered for a period of more than one year, until the moment the minor turns 8 years old.
The law establishes two other permits:
The 8-week paid parental leave will have a gradual application, that is, for a duration of six weeks in 2023 and eight weeks from 2024. These times can be acquired full-time or part-time.
After the Council of Ministers gave the green light to the draft, the Family Law will be processed by urgent procedure with the intention that this legislature is in force. If the outlined roadmap is met, it could be definitively approved in June. Once processed, the law will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE).
In the absence of knowing the details about the application for the 8-week parental leave, everything indicates that the process will be similar to that of the current benefits.
The current benefit for birth and child care, for example, can be requested:
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