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Dobrotic_et_al_2024_InternatioonalLeavePolicyReview

17 Sep 2024

Parental leave Length of leave Ten calender days for employees who are parents - irrespective of sex - commencing on the day that the child is born (see 1b for the provision of leave in Section 25A of the Labour Laws Amendment Act, No. [...] Other types of leave and flexible working Section 3 of the Labour Laws Amendment Act provides for adoption leave to be added to the BCEA, section 25B, and allows for an eligible employee who is adopting a child to take time off when a child is placed with them for adoption. [...] An employee who is the primary carer is entitled to paid leave associated with the adoption of a child, and the payment of parental benefits are 479 determined by the Minister, subject to the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 (Act No. [...] Section 25C(6) states that if a surrogate motherhood agreement has 2 commissioning parents, one of the commissioning parents is entitled to commissioning Parental leave of ten consecutive weeks, and the other commissioning parent is entitled to normal Parental leave of 10 consecutive days referred to in section 25A. [...] An employee who is commissioning parent (the primary carer) is entitled to leave claims associated with the adoption of a child and the payment of commissioning parental benefits, and the other parent is entitled to leave claims associated with Parental leave, as determined by the minister, subject to the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 (Act No.
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12
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Austria